General
Transit Agencies for Community Partnerships
This list of U.S. transit agencies was generated in November 2020 as part of the USDOT-FTA and HUD-PIH Partnership for COVID-19 Recovery and is fully searchable in Excel.
State Departments of Transportation for Community Partnerships
This list of state Departments of Transportation was generated in November 2020 as part of the USDOT-FTA and HUD-PIH Partnership for COVID-19 Recovery and is fully searchable in Excel.
Preparing Environmental Documents
There are three levels of environmental review and documentation under NEPA called classes of action. Based on the significance of the impacts, classes of action determine how compliance with NEPA is carried out and documented and include:
Categorical Exclusion (CE) Environmental...FTA Environmental and Sustainability Management System Round 5 Final Report
This report summarizes FTA's environmental and sustainability management system (ESMS) training and assistance project. This report includes the results of a two-year effort to advance international environmental management standard ISO 14001:2015 in public transit agencies in the United States...
Legislation, Regulation and Guidance
NEPA ImplementationFTA, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) joint regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are contained in the Environmental Impact and Related Procedures (23 CFR part 771). The agencies have...
Rail ROW Program Comment - Program Comment to Exempt Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties with Rail Rights-of-Way
On August 17, 2018, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), in coordination with the U.S. DOT, issued a Program Comment to Exempt Consideration of Effects to Rail Properties within Rail Rights-of-Way (83 FR 42920). The Program Comment is an alternative means for Federal agencies to...