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FTA may issue general directives that are applicable to the entire transit industry or a subset of the industry when it:
determines that an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions and practices, exists such that there is a risk of death or...Presentation given by FTA at TRB's Annual Meeting on January 10, 2017 on how FTA's Safety Management System (SMS) approach and its research investment are shaping transit safety.
Presentation give by Paulina Orchard at TRB's Annual Meeting on January 9, 2017 on the role of employee safety reporting in an effective transit safety management system.
Presentation give by Paulina Orchard at TRB's Annual Meeting on January 8, 2017 on the role of employee safety reporting.
Stakeholder letter from Associate Administrator Thomas Littleton about the Rail Safety Statistics Report.
The Rail Safety Statistics Report (RSSR) analyzes data collected through the State Safety Oversight program and the National Transit Database (NTD). It provides a trend analysis of the safety performance of the rail transit industry for 2007-2O13. The report focuses on the types of events...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Rail Safety Data Reports represent an industry tabulation and trend analyses of rail transit safety.
A summary of the project management oversight activities of WMATA for September 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, efficiently, and in...