APTA Safety and Risk Management Seminar

Rail Safety Committee Meeting

FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, Joe DeLorenzo, provided updates to the APTA Rail Safety Committee on rail safety data trends, street-running rail, rail transit roadway worker protection, trespass and suicide prevention, National Transit...

Bus Safety Committee Meeting

FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, Joe DeLorenzo, provided updates to the APTA Bus Safety Committee Meeting on bus safety data trends, transit worker assault, National Transit Database reporting, cybersecurity and more.

FTA Special Directive 25-3

FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 25-3 to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) requiring immediate, measurable corrective actions to reduce assaults on transit workers and passengers and to address unsafe system conditions contributing to elevated rates of violent crime on CTA’s bus and rail...

FTA Special Directive 25-2

FTA issues Special Directive 25-2 to require the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to take action to address critical safety deficiencies in its safety oversight of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) overhead catenary system (OCS). FTA has...

FTA Special Directive 25-1

FTA issues Special Directive 25-1 to require the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to take immediate action to address critical safety deficiencies in its overhead catenary system (OCS). FTA is issuing this Special Directive because FTA has determined that a combination...

Georgia Transit Association Conference

FTA's Teona Edwards, Deputy Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight, discussed FTA's safety priorities, including bus safety data trends, assaults on transit workers and safety culture.

APTA Safety Spotlight Webinar

FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, provided an update on Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection, current safety activities​ and upcoming events.

FTA Safety Advisory 25-1: Reducing Rail Trespassing and Suicide Events

FTA issued Safety Advisory 25-1 to reduce trespassing and suicide events.

Cybersecurity Awareness for Transit Agencies Webinar

FTA hosted a webinar in acknowledgment of October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Panelists and provided an overview of cybersecurity event reporting and shared available resources including a demo of FTA’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool for Transit (CATT), and the Transit Cybersecurity...