Public Transit
Safety Management Systems Implementation
FTA’s Division Chief for the Office of Safety Policy and Promotion, Jeremy Furrer provided an overview of FTA’s Safety Management Systems Implementation.
APTA Safety Spotlight Webinar
FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo discussed FTA safety updates including FTA’s Safety Advisory on Reducing Rail Trespassing and Suicide Events, the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program Semi-Annual...
FTA Annual Research Report for Fiscal Year 2025 (Report 0276)
This report provides information on projects funded under FTA’s Public Transportation Innovation Program (49 U.S.C. § 5312). It includes information on active programs and projects on Research, Innovative Development, Demonstration and Deployment, and Evaluation and Implementation in Fiscal...
2026 NTD Safety and Security Reporting Policy Manual
The 2026 NTD Safety and Security Reporting Policy Manual consists of the following sections:
Table of ContentsChanges and ClarificationsIntroduction: The National Transit DatabaseReporting RequirementsS&S-20: Safety and Security CEO CertificationS&S-30: Security ConfigurationS&S-...2024 TAM Performance Tool
This workbook is designed to support Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Group Plan Sponsors, and other transit planning agencies involved in Transit Asset Management (TAM). The aggregation component of the tool presents both TAM summary statistics (condition and performance) and aggregated information on asset inventories based on filter selections such as reporter type and TAM tier, as reported to FTA's National Transit Database (NTD).
Annual Report on FAST Action Section 3006(b) Pilot Program for Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Fiscal Year 2025 (Report 0275)
This report provides an update on projects selected pursuant to five FTA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) (81 FR 17549, 83 FR 46534, 84 FR 58819, 86 FR 55907, and 88 FR 78457) for Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST), Public Law 114-94, Pilot Program...
FY26 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual
The FY26 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual conveys FTA’s expectations of our oversight contractors for assessing compliance of FTA recipients. Each question in the contractor’s manual includes:
Review Area Question: The overarching question to examine in relation to the...Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program – Grantee Final Reports
Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program grants seek to improve access to public transportation by building partnerships among health, transportation and other service providers. See below for a comprehensive list of Grantee Final Reports showcasing grantee: project goals,...
Federal Transit Administration Demands Chicago Transit Authority Address Transit Worker Assaults and Public Safety Concerns After Woman Set on Fire on Train
CTA must increase law enforcement presence or could risk federal funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Marc Molinaro today sent a letter to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issuing a...