MAP-21 Overview

MAP-21 grants FTA the authority to establish and enforce a new comprehensive framework to oversee the safety of public transportation throughout the United States as it pertains to heavy rail, light rail, buses, ferries, and streetcars. The law requires, among other things, that FTA update the State Safety Oversight (SSO) program to ensure that rail transit systems are meeting basic, common-sense safety requirements. The law also includes important new safety provisions for bus-only operators. FTA will implement the new law in consultation with the transit community and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS), which has been working since September of 2010 to help guide this effort.

Map-21 Section 5329 General Information

Webinars/Outreach

• Webinar: FTA MAP-21 Safety Requirements (February 28, 2013)
• Slides: FTA MAP-21 Safety Requirements (February 28, 2013) (PowerPoint)

FTA MAP-21 Safety Oversight Q&A
Legislation (PDF)