United States: Phased roll-out of The REAL ID Act passed into law, 2005. Source Department of Homeland Security. Phase 3 of Real ID Act: 2015 Semi-restricted areas (i.e., areas available to the general public but subject to ID-based access control) for most Federal facilities. Starting in 2016 travel is semi-restricted without a Real ID. 2016: Airlines are slated restricted travel. Railway and bus are not mentioned. I am not current on Real ID style of ...