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FTA Special Directive 24-4

FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-4 to require the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024 to increase resources and technical capacity. FTA conducted this SMI of PennDOT...

FTA Special Directive 24-3

FTA issues Special Directive 24-3 to direct the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024. FTA conducted this SMI between August 10, 2023, and January 31, 2024, to...

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter July 2024 Issue 81

Issue 81 of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter is now available. This issue includes information about Federal Register Notices regarding oral fluid testing, reclassifying drug and alcohol tests, random testing, and more.   Please share this newsletter with colleagues and send...

RBI Webinar June 2024

Presentation from the Risk-Based Inspection Program webinar emphasizing key items to include in RBI development plans based on FTA’s observations during plan reviews conducted to date.

TSO Spotlight June 2024 Issue

FTA's June 2024 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights the new technical resources on assaults on transit worker data reporting, the close of the 2024 Safety Management System (SMS) in Practice: Advancing Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance workshops, May’s mental...