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News Archive

  • January 8, 2024

    The purpose of this manual is to provide comprehensive reporting policy and guidance to personnel who submit data to the NTD for urban transit systems operating 30 or fewer vehicles in maximum services OR for rural transit systems (e.g., State DOTs...

  • January 5, 2024

    FTA’s Risk-Based Inspection Toolkit is provided as a tool for State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs), the agencies that oversee safety at rail transit systems, to help develop risk-based inspection programs. The...

  • January 5, 2024

    This report provides a detailed description of capital leasing arrangements activities and an evaluation of the capital leasing program through Fiscal Year 2023, based on the data and reports submitted to FTA.

  • January 4, 2024

    FTA's Office of Environmental Programs developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to provide additional direction and recommendations to FTA staff who manage the environmental review process. The environmental review process SOPs...

  • January 3, 2024

    The City of Inglewood (City) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) have formed the Inglewood Transit Connector Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to implement a fully automated, elevated, fixed-guideway transit system to...

  • January 2, 2024

    This document highlights the main successes and challenges in setting transit asset management performance targets as described by participants in the fall 2023 peer exchange and summarizes perspectives shared during the facilitated discussion.

  • January 2, 2024

    This issue of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update focuses on recent questions to the TAC.

  • January 2, 2024

    This is the recording and presentation slides for the informational public webinar about the All Stations Accessibility Program Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). FTA staff conducted the webinar on December 19, 2023 and included information...

  • December 22, 2023

    Capital leasing is a contractual agreement in which a grantee acquires the right to use a capital asset for a specified period of time without obtaining full ownership, in exchange for a periodic payment regardless of the tax status of the transaction...

  • December 22, 2023

    This document contains FTA NEPA Class of Action (COA) and the data sources for Fiscal Year 2023 (October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023).

    For more information regarding a particular COA, please submit a FOIA...