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FTA Requests Comments on Public Transportation Safety Standards

Friday, May 20, 2016

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) this week issued a Request for Comments to a compendium of existing public transportation safety standards and protocols as required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. 

Read more in the Department of Transportation's May 20 News Digest.

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