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The FTA issues Special Directive 18-3 to require the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to conduct a safety risk assessment of its highway grade crossings at or near its third rail system, and develop a corrective action plan of those railroad grade crossings deemed to have an unacceptable risk....
To improve safety for the Greater Boston Area’s rail transit system, FTA issued a series of special directives to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), the state agency responsible for safety oversight of the MBTA’s rail...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-8 to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to oversee the implementation of the four Special Directives issued to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) that address immediate safety issues based on interim findings made...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-7 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA undertake three...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-6 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings from FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA take seven required...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-5 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA undertake three...
FTA issues Special Directive 22-4 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special Directive mandates that MBTA take nine...
Joe DeLorenzo, FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, provided an update on FTA’s recent transit safety initiatives, including the suicide and trespassing data trends, resources, grants, and partnerships.
Sharece Tyer, Senior Program Analyst, in the FTA Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an update on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its impacts on FTA's Public Transportation Safety Program, and the Triennial and State Management Reviews.