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This report presents the guidebook developed to provide bus transit agencies with leading transit industry practices for performing continuous safety and operational improvements in the deployment of battery electric buses. The supporting research report, Procuring and Maintaining...
This report presents the best practices for procuring and maintaining battery electric buses and charging systems to help in U.S. Department of Transportation efforts to support the transition of the nation's transportation systems to electric vehicles and other zero-carbon technologies.
This report presents minimum safety and security certification program practices and protocols for transit agencies to verify that battery electric buses and their associated facilities, systems, and equipment are safe for revenue operations.
Office of Program Oversight Director Hope Jensen, Compliance Division Chief Gian Marshall and Performance and Quality Assurance Division Chief David Schilling provided an overview on FTA oversight reviews and the Oversight Tracking System (OTrak).
This presentation was delivered during the August 17 and September 14 webinars for potential applicants interested in the Pilot Program for TOD planning Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Watch August 17 recording Watch September 14 recordingFTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of crashworthiness standards and the upcoming 2023 FTA Joint State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Hybrid Workshop.
Iyon Rosario, Drug and Alcohol Program Manager for the Office of Safety Review, provided an overview of FTA's Drug and Alcohol program and the program's oversight/audit findings.
Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of FTA's safety policy initiatives, including actions to incorporate statutory changes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
FTA Office of Program Oversight: Overview, Metrics, and Discussion
Ethan Novak, Program Analyst in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of FTA's approach to reducing safety risk in the transit industry and an update on ongoing efforts to improve transit safety.