Transit Safety & Oversight (TSO)
Overview
FTA administers a national transit safety program and program compliance oversight process to advance safe, reliable, and equitable transit service throughout the U.S. FTA’s Office of Transit Safety & Oversight (TSO) helps make transit safer through policy development, hazard investigation, data collection, risk analysis, oversight programs and information sharing.
What's New?
- The October 2021 TSO Spotlight Newsletter is now available.
- FTA announced a Request for Information soliciting public input on potential transit worker safety mitigations in two areas: rail transit roadway worker protection and transit worker assault prevention. The deadline to submit comments is November 23, 2021.
- On October 12, 2021, FTA hosted a webinar on the Transit Worker Safety RFI. View the presentation and the recording.
- FTA published new Bus and Rail Safety Data Reports. The reports provide a snapshot of transit industry safety performance from 2007–2018 for rail and 2008–2018 for bus and focus on patterns and trends in events, fatalities and injuries.
- On October 4, 2021, FTA hosted a webinar on the Bus and Rail Safety Data Reports. View the presentation and recording.
- On September 28 and 29, 2021, TSO leadership presented at the 19th FTA Biennial State Programs Meeting and State Public Transportation Partnerships Conference. Missed it? View the presentations.
- FTA announced 100 percent of applicable transit agencies and states now have Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans.
- FTA announced the Enhanced Transit Safety and Crime Prevention Initiative.
- FTA Supplemental Oversight Dear Colleague Letter
Information About COVID-19
Additional Resources
- Learn more about our Organization Structure
- Learn more about our Office Leadership
- Learn more about our Program Offices:
- Learn more about FTA's WMATA Safety Oversight
- Subscribe to the TSO Spotlight Newsletter