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News Archive

  • August 2, 2023
  • August 2, 2023
  • August 1, 2023

    Safety communication sets the tone for the agency and helps build a robust safety culture. This article offers considerations for agencies reviewing how they communicate about safety with their employees. This article was originally published in the...

  • July 31, 2023

    WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $102.3 million in funding to 17 transit...

  • July 28, 2023

    This webinar helps agencies identify Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan requirements for safety communication and ways to meet those requirements. Industry speaker Theresa Impastato shares Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's...

  • July 28, 2023

    This issue of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update focuses on Safety Management System (SMS) safety communication.

  • July 27, 2023

    FTA’s July 2023 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter explores how transit agencies are addressing public safety through a community-based approach and features perspectives from Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation...

  • July 26, 2023

    The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation at 49 CFR § 673.29(a) requires applicable transit agencies to establish and implement a comprehensive safety training program, including refresher training as necessary, for all employees...

  • July 24, 2023

    FTA is committed to transparency and accountability to the American public. Posting signs at transit construction sites both informs the public and increases transparency about federally supported infrastructure projects and where their tax dollars...

  • July 24, 2023

    The FTA TAM Program organizes biannual discussion forums to support professional capacity building for transit agency staff. Discussion forums bring together a small group of transit professionals to engage virtually on topics that go beyond the...