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FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-1 to require the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024. FTA conducted this SMI between August 10, 2023, and January 31, 2024, to...
This report documents the results of FTA's Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail and bus transit system and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA).
Issue 81 of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter is now available. This issue includes information about Federal Register Notices regarding oral fluid testing, reclassifying drug and alcohol tests, random testing, and more. Please share this newsletter with colleagues and send...
Presentation from the Risk-Based Inspection Program webinar emphasizing key items to include in RBI development plans based on FTA’s observations during plan reviews conducted to date.
FTA's June 2024 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights the new technical resources on assaults on transit worker data reporting, the close of the 2024 Safety Management System (SMS) in Practice: Advancing Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance workshops, May’s mental...
FTA’s Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo and Hope Jensen, Director of the Office of Program Oversight provided safety updates and discussed SMR Oversight Findings.
FTA provided updates on safety rail transit initiatives at the Operation Lifesaver National Advisory Council.
FTA provided updates on safety rail transit initiatives at the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
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.