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New York Public Transportation Association Conference

Frank Hackett, Program Manager for the Safety Risk Management Program 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.

TSO Spotlight October 2023 Issue

FTA’s October 2023 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter highlights FTA's participation in recent transit industry events and proposed updates to the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program regulation in the Federal Register.

FTA Special Directive 23-1

FTA issued Special Directive 23-1 to require the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to address a pattern of insufficient staffing in their State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program. IDOT must take action to increase staffing to align with the current needs of their SSO Program.  ...

Cybersecurity Awareness for Transit Agencies Webinar

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and in recognition, FTA partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in hosting the Cybersecurity Awareness for Transit Agencies webinar. FTA and CISA provided cybersecurity resources available to transit agencies,...

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter October 2023 Special Edition

The Special Edition of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter on Part 40 is now available. Please share the newsletter with colleagues and send comments to FTA.DAMIS@dot.gov. 

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49 CFR Part 40 Updates: ODAPC Informational Notices Available...

Protecting Transit Workers from Assault

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an update on transit worker safety actions and gave an overview of collected from FTA’s Special Directives on Transit Worker Assault.