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Issue 82 of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter is now available. This issue includes information about random testing spread requirements, collection sites and Designated Employer Representatives.
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Based on the popularity of the virtual SMS in Practice: Advancing Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance workshops, three additional sessions of these two full day virtual workshops are open for registration. They will be held from 10...
Projects in 14 states will Advance Clean Technology and Support Local Economies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced grants totaling nearly $300 million from President Biden's...
FTA correspondence to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority regarding maintenance vehicle derailments.
FTA hosted a virtual public roundtable with bus manufacturers and the transit industry to discuss transit bus safety and elements in the design of transit buses that impact operator visibility. View the recording.
This report summarizes the results of FTA’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) Initiative grant to West River Transit Authority, Inc. dba Prairie Hills Transit (PHT) and HB Software Solutions-Qryde. Specifically, the report details the development and deployment of an AI-based dispatch...
The Fiscal Year 2024 Procurement System Review (PSR) Manual conveys FTA’s expectations of our PSR contractors for assessing procurement compliance of FTA recipients. This manual is a “back to basics” effort to identify the minimum procurement compliance requirements to which recipients are...
These frequently asked questions (FAQs) cover the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) regulation at 49 CFR 672. The PTSCTP regulation establishes minimum safety training requirements for State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA) employees and contractors...
Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, reviewed the background of PTSCTP, provided a summary of the comments that FTA received on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and reviewed the updates that are included in the Final Rule. View the...