Maintenance Vehicle Derailments Letter of Concern
FTA correspondence to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority regarding maintenance vehicle derailments.
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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.
Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) Frequently Asked Questions
OverviewThese 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...
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.
TSO Spotlight August 2024 Issue
FTA's August 2024 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights FTA's published updates to its safety certification training regulation, Drug & Alcohol newsletter, FTA's 60-years of improving America through public transit, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and...
FTA Safety Updates
FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy Senior Program Analyst Stewart Mader and Safety Data Program Manager Ivey Glendon discussed the state of bus safety, bus collision analysis and assaults on transit workers.
FTA Special Directive 24-7
FTA issues Special Directive 24-7 to require the New York Public Transportation Safety Board (PTSB) to perform additional oversight activities to address an escalating pattern of safety incidents and concerns affecting transit workers at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York...
FTA Special Directive 24-6
FTA issues Special Directive 24-6 to require the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT) to take action to address an escalating pattern of safety incidents and concerns affecting NYCT transit workers. FTA is issuing this Special Directive because FTA has...
Updates to the PTASP Regulation and National Safety Plan Webinar Presentation
The webinar provided an overview of key changes to the PTASP regulation and the National Safety Plan, explained how PTASP requirements and the National Safety Plan correspond to each other and answered pre-submitted questions. View the webinar recording.