APTA Safety & Risk Management Seminar Risk-Based Inspections Program Update

Cyrell R. McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provides an overview of Risk-Based Inspections.  

APTA Safety & Risk Management Seminar Protecting Transit Workers from Assaults

Stewart Mader, Program Analyst in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, FTA, provides an update on FTA's approach to reducing transit worker assault.

APTA Safety & Risk Management Seminar FTA and Transit Safety Updates

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provides an update on FTA’s ongoing efforts to improve industry safety. 

APTA Safety & Risk Management Seminar Bus Safety Committee Meeting

FTA's Paulina Seider, Director of the Office of System Safety, provided FTA's update on bus-to-person collisions and recommended actions to the Bus Safety Committee.

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter December 2023 Issue 79

The December Issue of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter is now available. Please share the newsletter with colleagues and send comments to FTA.DAMIS@dot.gov. 

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FTA Virtual Listening Session on the Transit Worker Hours of Service and Fatigue Risk Management ANPRM

Presentation from the virtual listening session on the Transit Worker Hours of Service and Fatigue Risk Management ANPRM. A recording of the listening session can be found here.

TrAMS 2020 Census Updates Overview

In December of 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau released new urban area boundaries that correspond to the 2020 Census. As a result, all urbanized area (UZA) boundaries, or urban areas with a population of at least 50,000, have changed to some extent between 2010 and 2020. Consequently, FTA’s Transit...

Annual Report on FAST Action Section 3006(b) Pilot Program for Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Fiscal Year 2023 (Report 0260)

This report provides an update on projects selected pursuant to four FTA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) (81 FR 17549, 83 FR 46534, 84 FR 58819, and 86 FR 55907) for Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST), Public Law 114-94, Pilot Program for Innovative...

State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Overview Webinar

This webinar reviews the State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including proposed changes, timelines, and how to submit comments.

Summary of 2020 Census Changes in TrAMS

In December 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau released new urban area boundaries that correspond to the 2020 Census. FTA's Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) has been updated to reflect the appropriate changes to FTA's accounting structure for formula apportionments to UZAs and grant obligations...