Update on Transit Worker Assault Prevention and Mitigation

Stewart Mader, Program Analyst in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, FTA, provides an update on FTA's approach to reducing transit worker assault.

Risk-Based Inspections

Cyrell R. McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist in the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provides an overview of Risk-Based Inspections.  

FTA Safety Updates

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provides an update on FTA’s ongoing efforts to improve industry safety. 

FTA Safety Advisory 22-4: Suicide Prevention Signage on Public Transit

FTA issued Safety Advisory 22-4 to recommend that transit agencies apply best practices for reducing suicide attempts to their suicide prevention signage and messaging campaigns and advise transit agencies to assess suicide event data to monitor the impact of signage effects.

Rail Share Rail Grade Crossing Safety Initiatives

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provides an update on the current safety landscape, grade crossing initiatives and partnerships.

American Public Transportation Association Safety Spotlight Webinar — November 17, 2022

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA provided an overview of the 2022 FTA State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Hybrid Workshop, special directives on Risk-Based Inspection Programs and the upcoming Public Transportation...

FTA Safety Advisory 22-3: Steering Gearbox Bolt Failure

FTA issued Safety Advisory 22-3: Steering Gearbox Bolt Failure to recommend that transit agencies identify Nova Bus models manufactured in 2018 or later that use a Bosch steering gearbox affixed to the vehicle frame through a mounting plate and perform inspections, as recommended by Nova Bus. In...

TSO Spotlight November 2022 Issue

FTA's November 2022 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter highlights FTA's State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Hybrid Workshop, FTA's recently issued Risk-Based Inspection Program Special Directives, Fiscal Year 2021 COVID-19 financial spot reviews, the Transit Advisory...

2022 AASHTO MTAP Winter Meeting

FTA’s Top DBE Findings From Oversight Reviews

FTA’s Nicholas Sun, from the Office of Civil Rights, provided an overview of program oversight and FTA’s top Disadvantaged Business Enterprise findings from its oversight reviews.