WASHINGTON – As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) focus on improving the safety of public transportation systems, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced the appointment of 24 members to the Federal Transit...

FTA's December 2022 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter highlights FTA's recent participation at industry events, the Employee Safety Reporting Program and Transit Advisory Committee for Safety's new members.

This presentation is from FTA's New Recipient Webinar Module 1: FTA Programs, Processes, and Resources, which provides an introductory training module for new FTA recipients to provide a high-level understanding of FTA oversight programs and processes...

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provides an update on FTA’s ongoing efforts to improve industry safety. 

Cyrell R. McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provides an overview of Risk-Based Inspections.  

Stewart Mader, Program Analyst in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, FTA, provides an update on FTA's approach to reducing transit worker assault.

Monday, December 5

• FTA Safety Updates 
• Risk-Based Inspections
• ...

This resource includes suggestions for evaluating what kind of data will best support an agency’s Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance goals and which reporting methods will work best for their employees. It also discusses possible...

FTA issued Safety Advisory 22-4 to recommend that transit agencies apply best practices for reducing suicide attempts to their suicide prevention signage and messaging campaigns and advise transit agencies to assess suicide event data to monitor the...

This document provides a listing of the FY22 Tribal Transit Competitive Program project selections and discretionary IDs associated with the grant awards. It also includes guidance and administrative requirements related to the Tribal Transit...