TAMNews - March 2024
This issue of TAMNews provides access to new resources, discussion of an upcoming July 2024 roundtable, and publications for transit agencies.
Public Transit
Biden-Harris Administration Sends Another $9.9 Billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Transit Agencies Across the Country
See state-by-state funding HERE
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that $9.9 billion in federal formula funding, part of the largest investment in public transit in U.S. history, is...
Flow Chart of Appropriated Amount for Section 5329 Illustrative State Safety Oversight Formula
A flow chart of the appropriated amount for Section 5329 Illustrative State Safety Oversight Formula.
2024 NTD Safety and Security Reporting Policy Manual
The 2024 NTD Safety and Security Reporting Policy Manual consists of the following sections:
Table of Contents Policy Changes and Clarifications Introduction: The National Transit Database Reporting Requirements S&S-20: Safety and Security CEO Certification S&S-30:...TSO Spotlight February 2024 Issue
FTA's February 2024 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights the new Transit Customer Assault Prevention Resources webpage and shares Human Trafficking Prevention Resources.
Davis-Salt Lake City Community Connector Project Profile
Utah Transit Authority (UTA) proposes to implement a bus rapid transit (BRT) service in the Cities of Farmington, Centerville, Bountiful, North Salt Lake, and Salt Lake. The project includes the purchase of 18 buses, enhanced stations with protection from the weather, transit priority at key...
APTA Safety Spotlight Webinar
FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer provided an overview of the proposed General Directive: Required Actions Regarding Assaults on Transit Workers and rulemaking comment period deadline extensions.
APTA Safety Spotlight Webinar
FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer provided an overview of the State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, proposed General Directive: Required Actions Regarding Assaults on Transit Workers and new online...
Dear Colleague Letter: Highlighting tools to improve bus procurement and manufacturing
Description: FTA is taking actions to strengthen the American bus manufacturing industry, lower bus costs, and accelerate transit vehicle deliveries. The guidance comes as transit agencies seek to procure buses using the historic investment provided by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Retirement of Federal Transit Administrator
WASHINGTON –Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the upcoming retirement of Administrator Nuria I. Fernandez, which will take effect February 24, 2024.
Fernandez was named Deputy Administrator on January 20, 2021, upon the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden...