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News Archive

  • 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. 

  • December 4, 2024

    This section contains proposed FTA circulars or guidance documents.

  • December 4, 2024

    The purpose of this Oversight Procedure is to describe the review, analysis, recommendation procedures and reporting requirements expected by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) from the Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) regarding...

  • December 3, 2024

    This issue of TAMNews provides access to new resources, announcements of funding awards, and publications for transit agencies.

  • December 3, 2024

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