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Resubmission Required for Right of Way (ROW) Rules Compliance and Safety Work Plan

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...

Category 1: Authority to Perform Risk-Based Inspections (April 2023)

FTA's Cyrell McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist, Office of Safety Review, and Emily Jessup, Attorney Advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, shared program updates and answered questions, with a focus on the State Safety Oversight Agency’s authority to perform risk-based inspections....

TSO Spotlight April 2023 Issue

FTA's April 2023 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter highlights FTA's participation at the Lifesavers Conference, provides a recap of FTA's 16th Annual Drug and Alcohol Conference and introduces a member of the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety.

Safety Rulemakings and Safety Risk Management Updates

Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of and status update on FTA's safety policy initiatives, including safety rulemakings that stem from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Special Directives: Required Actions Regarding Transit Worker Assault

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an overview of data collected from FTA’s Special Directives on Transit Worker Assault.

Update to the Bus Safety Committee

FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of FTA's transit worker assault special directive, expanded assault reporting in the NTD and additional updates to bus safety.