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News Archive

  • December 10, 2024
  • December 10, 2024

    FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-4 to require the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024 to increase resources and technical...

  • December 10, 2024

    FTA issues Special Directive 24-3 to direct the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024. FTA conducted this SMI between...

  • December 10, 2024

    FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-1 to require the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024. FTA conducted this SMI...

  • December 9, 2024

    On December 5, 2024, FTA introduced enhancements to the Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) to improve how recipient documents are labeled and organized. Enhancements include additional instructional text and added search functionality. This...

  • December 6, 2024

    FTA correspondences to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for Special Directive 22-5: Vehicle Securement of Disabled Trains.

  • December 5, 2024

    FTA is providing version 4 of this Agency Safety Plan (ASP) checklist to assist bus transit agencies that provide service in a small urbanized area (an urbanized area with a population of less than 200,000) and that do not provide service in a large...

  • December 4, 2024

    This webinar discussed effective safety oversight from a state and federal perspective, building off of a fall 2023 State Safety Oversight (SSO) workshop session. Topics included what enhanced oversight from FTA can look like and FTA's oversight and...

  • December 4, 2024

    Broward County proposes to implement commuter rail service along 11.5 miles of the existing Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway from the Brightline Aventura Station in Miami-Dade County to the Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. The...

  • December 4, 2024

    FTA's Oversight Procedures provide guidance for Project Management Oversight contractors and others on FTA's review process, deliverables and reporting requirements.