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
- Information about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Federal Mask Requirement for Transit
- Transit COVID-19 Response Program Information Collection
- COVID-19 Recovery Practices in Transit
- FTA has issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion extending the PTASP compliance deadline from July 20, 2020 to July 20, 2021.
- FTA has issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion extending the PTSCTP compliance deadline to August 20, 2022.
- FTA COVID-19 Recovery Listening Sessions
- FTA COVID-19 Recovery Discussion Forum
- Frequently Asked Questions from FTA Grantees Regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- FTA COVID-19 Resource Tool
- USDOT Guidance on Compliance with DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations (3-23-2020)
- USDOT COVID-19 Drug & Alcohol Testing Statement of Enforcement Discretion for Substance Abuse Professionals and Service Agents (4-4-2020)
- In February 2020, FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams sent a letter to transit agency leaders to build awareness in the fight against human trafficking and increase support of the “100 Pledges in 100 Days” campaign.
- The February 2021 Issue of the Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter is now available.
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
- Learn more about TSO through the TSO Spotlight Newsletter