While rail transit is safe, the Administration believes we must take serious steps now to make it even safer and ensure that it remains safe. We are all aware that rail transit has the potential for catastrophic accidents with multiple injuries,...
News Archive
- January 1, 2016
- January 1, 2016
December 7, 2009
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
President of the Senate
Washington, DC 20510Dear Mr. President:
Enclosed for the consideration of Congress is draft legislation—
To amend chapter 53 of...
- January 1, 2016
Advisories and Technical Assistance
- January 1, 2016
The FTA Office of Safety and Security participates in the Department of Transportation's Human Factors Coordinating Committee. The Committee's goals are to:
- effect, in a positive and proactive manner, the development and implementation of a...
- January 1, 2016
In response to Congressional concern regarding the potential for accidents and incidents on rail transit systems, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) added Section 28 to the Federal Transit Act (codified at 49 U.S.C....
- January 1, 2016
November 6, 2014
Dear Transit Stakeholders:
I am pleased to provide this overview of our planned and ongoing efforts to implement the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA)’s National Public Transportation Safety Program under the Moving...
- January 1, 2016
- January 1, 2016
FTA’s Office of Transit Safety and Oversight held two webinars on September 17-18, 2015 to discuss the Public Transportation Safety Program Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2015. During the webinars...
- December 30, 2015
Conditions and Performance reports are provided periodically:
- December 30, 2015
Read the Presentation from the 16th Biennial FTA State Program Meeting on August 12, 2015
Rides to Wellness Panel...