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FTA’s latest Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter discusses the recent Federal Register Notice on proposed changes to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans regulation. Read this month’s issue to learn how you can submit your comments.
The FTA has reviewed the Right of Way (ROW) Rules Compliance and Safety Work Plan (Work Plan) that was submitted by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) on May 5, 2023. This Work Plan is in response to the Immediate Action Letter the FTA sent to the MBTA on April 18, 2023. The...
Causal and contributing factors include key actions, situations or conditions that led to an event's occurrence or that increased an event's effects. This article, originally published in the April 2023 issue of the Transit Safety & Oversight Spotlight newsletter, examines investigation...
This document summarizes the opportunities, limitations, and potential risks of using LBS data and recommendations to transit agencies on the prudent, safe, and effective use of the data.
This report highlights the opportunities, limitations, and potential risks of using LBS data, and provides recommendations to transit agencies on the prudent, safe, and effective use of the data.
FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, and Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of proposed changes, discussed the update timeline and shared how the public can review and leave...
This Dear Colleague letter is to inform recipients they will no longer be able to use annual Section 5307 and non-Tribal 5311 funding at a 100 percent federal share for capital expenditures related to COVID-19 response.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Passenger Ferry Grant Program and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program Notice of Funding Supplemental Form.
Note: You must download FTA’s supplemental form to apply for this grant opportunity. To do so, right click on the file and save it on your local...