Transit Safety & Oversight (TSO)

Overview

FTA administers a national transit safety program and 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?

• Register for the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Webinar: Using the National Transit Database (NTD) to Support Safety Analysis in Safety Management Systems (SMS) on Thursday, December 16, 2021, from 1:00 pm–2:30 pm ET.
  • This webinar will review NTD data available to support transit safety analysis and provide examples of how agencies can use this data in their safety management activities. The presentation will also include tips for using NTD data tools, such as the Accessing and Using NTD Safety and Security Event Data Guide.
• The November 2021 TSO Spotlight Newsletter is now available.
• The PTASP TAC requests your time to complete a brief survey by November 24, 2021. Your feedback will help us better understand how you are using FTA’s PTASP TAC resources to support the implementation of the PTASP regulation (49 CFR Part 673), how well these resources support your needs and what future resources would be useful to you. 
  • PTASP TAC Industry Survey for Transit Agencies and States
  • PTASP TAC Industry Survey for State Safety Oversight Agencies
    • 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.
• 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.

Information About COVID-19

• Information about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Federal Mask Requirement for Transit
  • Transit COVID-19 Response Program Information Collection
  • COVID-19 Recovery Practices in Transit
  • FTA COVID-19 Recovery Discussion Forum
  • Frequently Asked Questions from FTA Grantees Regarding COVID-19
  • FTA COVID-19 Resource Tool

Additional Resources

• Learn more about our Organization Structure
• Learn more about our Office Leadership
• Learn more about our Program Offices:
  • Office of System Safety
  • Office of Safety Review
  • Office of Program Oversight
• Learn more about FTA's WMATA Safety Oversight
• Subscribe to the TSO Spotlight Newsletter