Public Transit
Lessons Learned from Voluntary Agency Safety Plan Reviews (Part 1): Final Steps and Safety Risk Management
FTA’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) offers voluntary reviews of draft Agency Safety Plans (ASP). This article is the first in a series that discusses some of the industry’s most common ASP questions, issues, and concerns. It focuses on ASP...
FTA COVID-19 Listening Session DOT, FTA, HUD, and PIH Partnership for COVID-19 Recovery Transcript
This transcript records information from the November 13, 2020 FTA COVID-19 listening session, DOT, FTA, HUD, and PIH Partnership for COVID-19 Recovery.
View the recording and presentation.
FTA Standards Development Program: Crashworthiness/Crash Energy Management for Transit Bus Report Summary
This document summarizes the report that includes an examination of the standards, guidelines, and recommendations associated with crashworthiness and Crash Energy Management (CEM) for transit buses, including articulated buses, BRT buses, and paratransit body-on-chassis buses.
FTA Standards Development Program: Crashworthiness/Crash Energy Management for Transit Bus (Report 0179)
This report includes an examination of the standards, guidelines, and recommendations associated with crashworthiness and Crash Energy Management (CEM) for transit buses, including articulated buses, BRT buses, and paratransit body-on-chassis buses.
FTA Standards Development Program: Crashworthiness/Crash Energy Management Follow-up for Less than 30 Ft Bus Report Summary
This document is the report summary for the report that includes background research and analysis on needs and gaps for voluntary standards or recommended practices for crashworthiness and crash energy management (CEM) for less than 30-ft paratransit body-on-chassis buses (cutaways).
FTA Standards Development Program: Crashworthiness/Crash Energy Management Follow-up for Less than 30 Ft Bus (Report 0141)
This report is about a comprehensive study that includes background research and analysis on needs and gaps for voluntary standards or recommended practices for crashworthiness and crash energy management (CEM) for less than 30-ft paratransit body-on-chassis buses (cutaways).
FTA Annual Report on Technical Assistance and Workforce Development for FY 2020 (Report 0180)
This statutorily required annual report provides information on FTA’s Technical Assistance and Workforce Development Program (49 U.S.C. § 5314). It provides information on technical assistance, workforce development, standards, human resources, and training projects active in FY 2020. The report...
FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter December 2020 Issue 70
A new issue of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates Newsletter is now available.
Issue 70 includes information on the Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference to be held in 2021, MIS Reporting and Frequently Asked Questions, who should be tested after an accident, and more...
PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of December 7, 2020
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on identifying causal factors when investigating safety events.
Featured resources include the Agency Safety Plan (ASP) Lessons...