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Public Transit

TSO Spotlight September 2020 Issue

This September 2020 issue previews sessions for the 2020 Joint State Safety Oversight (SSO) and Rail Transit Agency (RTA) Virtual Workshop. Learn about the newly announced COVID-19 Discussion Forum, read a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation article on...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of September 14, 2020

Read this week’s updates that focus on the Safety Assurance Compliance and Sufficiency Monitoring section of the PTASP regulation.

Featured resources include the Sample Agency Safety Plan (ASP) for Bus Transit Providers and Guide to Developing the Safety Assurance Component of a Public...

Compliance Monitoring Webinar - September 16, 2020

This webinar provided transit agencies and States with sample approaches to address the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR Part 673) requirement for compliance monitoring, including lessons learned for assessing compliance with and sufficiency of...

Transit Bus Automation Update June 2020

This document provides information on transit bus automation pilot projects, demonstrations and tests domestically and internationally. The information in this document is gathered from publicly available sources (e.g., news articles, press releases, and government websites) and may not...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of August 31, 2020

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates with a focus on the Safety Assurance Compliance Monitoring section of Agency Safety Plans (ASPs).

Featured resources include the Safety...

Certification Fact Sheet

The PTASP regulation (49 CFR Part 673) requires each applicable recipient or State to certify their compliance with the PTASP regulation. This fact sheet explains certification, which entities must certify, when to certify, and how to certify in the Transit Award Management System.