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 TSO Office helps make transit safer through policy development, hazard investigation, data collection, risk analysis, oversight programs and information sharing.
What's New
- FTA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are hosting a webinar on the FMCSA Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) Rule Requirement. This webinar will provide an overview of the ELDT Final Rule and Training Provider Registry, plus outline the driver, training and training provider requirements.
- Register to join the discussion on Thursday, January 20, 2022, from 3:00 pm– to 4:00 pm ET.
- The December 2021 TSO Spotlight Newsletter is now available.
- FTA is hosting a webinar series designed to help agencies understand how to complete the Recipient Information Request (RIR) for submission.
- 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
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