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Public Transit

ADAS Safety and Accessibility Deployment Project

This document provides an overview of Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit Buses Demonstration Project. This project will expand an existing FTA sponsored transit automation program along the CTfastrak fixed guideway,...

ADAS for Bustang Intercity and Regional Bus Transit

This document provides an overview of the Colorado Department of Transportation's  (CDOT) Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Transit Buses Demonstration Project. The project goals include improving public transit safety and reliability, reducing congestion and greenhouse gas...

Making Transit Safer

FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy Senior Program Analyst Stewart Mader discussed major safety updates, assaults on transit workers and available resources.

TSO Spotlight July 2024 Issue

FTA's July 2024 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights FTA's quarterly Drug & Alcohol newsletter, June TRACS meeting outcomes and Operation Lifesaver Inc., rail transit safety education grants.

Monthly Modal Time Series (Safety and Service)

The Monthly Modal Time Series contains monthly ridership and safety & security (S&S) public transit time series data, delineated by transit/agency/mode/year/month. Includes all Full Reporters--transit agencies operating modes with more than 30 vehicles in maximum service--reporting to the National Transit Database (NTD) and spans from calendar year 2014 to present.

Reducing Bus Collisions (TRACS Final Report)

The 2022-2024 Charter tasked the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) with developing recommendations that the Federal Transit Administration could implement to improve public safety. This report includes recommendations related to one of the Charter’s safety focus areas: Reducing...