User Guide

The User Guide gives step-by-step instructions for the installation of the software, assembly of the required data, and preparation of the forecasts.

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At their option, sponsors of New Starts and Small Starts projects may use a simplified method developed by FTA to quantify the measures used by FTA to evaluate and rate projects. STOPS is a limited implementation of the conventional "4-step" travel...

FTA's Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo provided an update on the state of bus and rail transit safety, recent FTA regulatory updates and the risk-based inspection program.

FTA's Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo provided an update on recent rulemaking efforts.

Program Management Guidance Updates

• Consolidated Circular for Urbanized Area Grant Programs
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FTA is responsible for ensuring grant recipient compliance with financial assistance requirements. On April 4, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget issued revisions to multiple parts of the Code of Federal Regulations including the Uniform...

FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy Senior Program Analyst Stewart Mader discussed PTASP and National Safety Plan highlights, compliance timeframes and additional resources. 

FTA may issue general directives that are applicable to the entire transit industry or a subset of the industry when it: 

• determines that an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions and...

This webinar discussed the importance of making safe choices when driving or walking near rail tracks and trains. FTA provided an overview and participants viewed a presentation from the New Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT...