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This document is an article in FTA Research News. The Associate Administrator's Corner features the perspective of the Associate Administrator of FTA's Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation on topics relating to public transportation innovation.
The Federal Transit Administration’s FTA Research News is a quarterly newsletter highlighting research and innovation topics, events, training, and guidance for the public transportation industry.
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The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation requires each applicable transit agency to “monitor its system for compliance with, and sufficiency of, the agency's procedures for operations and maintenance” (49 CFR 673.27(b)(1)). This article reviews practices for monitoring...
Q: When do the Drug and Alcohol rules apply?
A: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Drug and Alcohol regulation (49 CFR part 655) provides that the rule applies to recipients and subrecipients of Urbanized Area (§ 5307), Capital Investment Grant (§ 5309) and Rural Area (§...
Read the March 2022 FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for updates on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s changes to Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan requirements, Safety Management System techniques for monitoring operations and maintenance procedures, a...
This document summarizes the results of an independent evaluation of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) Public-Private-Partnership for Paratransit Demonstration project, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox program.
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) Public-Private-Partnership for Paratransit Demonstration project, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox program.
Angela Dluger, Deputy Associate Administrator, FTA Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provided updates on FTA’s ongoing efforts to reduce safety risks, improve transit safety and highlighted public transportation’s connections and resources for the Safe System Approach.
Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provided an update on FTA’s implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve industry safety.