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To be recognized as the FTA and industry leader in safety promotion, information sharing and fair oversight.
MissionTo make transit safer through policy development, hazard investigation, data collection, risk analysis, effective oversight programs and information sharing.
Purpose...A summary of the project management oversight activities of the WMATA SafeTrack program for December 2016.
As part of its responsibility to prudently use public funds, FTA routinely performs project oversight to ensure that major capital transit projects are executed professionally,...
A summary of the project management oversight activities of WMATA for November 2016.
This letter provides FTA's acceptance of 12 WMATA corrective actions plans in response to Safety Directive 16-4.
Fact sheet about State Safety Oversight (SSO) certification requirements.
Safety update presentation given by Candace Key at the APTA Legal Affairs Seminar in Savannah, GA on February 27, 2017.
Safety update presentation given by Michael Coplen at the SWTA Annual Conference in Baton Rouge, LA on February 14, 2017.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) developed this Program Standard Technical Assistance Guide to provide guidance to States in implementing new regulations for State Safety Oversight (SSO) programs. The new SSO final rule, 49 CFR Part 674, replaces the current SSO rule at 49 CFR Part 659,...