Maintenance Vehicle Derailments Letter of Concern

FTA correspondence to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority regarding maintenance vehicle derailments.

Virtual Public Roundtable on Bus Safety and Design Impacting Operator Visibility

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.

FTA Ferry Grant Program 2024 Selected Projects

Providing a Dynamic, Data-Driven Micro-Transit Service with Smart Dispatch Using Artificial Intelligence (Report 0269)

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...

Procurement System Review Contractor’s Manual Fiscal Year 2024

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...

Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) Frequently Asked Questions

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...

Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) Webinar Presentation

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...

FTA 2024 Circular Update

To continue providing high-quality customer service and streamlining its processes, FTA has updated its program guidance and award management requirements for several circulars. The update and consolidation of the circulars incorporate provisions from the Fixing America's Surface Transportation...

Transit Bus Automation Quarterly Update Q2 2024

This document highlights transit bus automation activities from the second quarter of calendar year 2024 (April - June).

Workshop on FTA's Oversight Review Process SMRs/TRs

FTA's Hope Jensen, Director of the Office of Program Oversight, provided an overview of FTA’s Oversight Review process, top 10 SMR/TR findings and available resources to help transit agencies.