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Significant Regulatory Guidance

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Performance Management

The TAM Final Rule and recent changes to the National Transit Database (NTD) reporting requirements will require transit agencies to submit asset inventory, condition assessments, performance targets, and a narrative report to the NTD annually in addition to developing a Transit Asset...

Roadmap to Drafting an ASP for Bus Agencies

The Roadmap to Drafting an ASP for Bus Agencies course prepares bus agencies and State Departments of Transportation to develop an Agency Safety Plan (ASP) that meets the needs of their agencies and that is compliant with 49 C.F.R. Part 673. The course shares information on the ASP requirements...

Safety Performance Targets Guide

Version 3 of the Safety Performance Targets (SPTs) Guide incorporates the April 2024 updates to the National Transportation Safety Plan (National Safety Plan) and the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR part 673) and includes new examples.

The PTASP...

Hazard Management vs. Safety Risk Management Guide

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has received questions from public transportation agencies and State Safety Oversight (SSO) Agencies regarding how the hazard management process, previously required in FTA’s original SSO regulation (49 C.F.R. Part 659), differs from the Safety Risk...

Developing the Safety Management Policy Statement

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prepared this guide to help your transit agency develop a Safety Management Policy Statement (Policy Statement) to support implementation of your Safety Management System (SMS) and to help you comply with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (...

Initial FFR Report system changes

This document explains changes made to the initial FFR. The Tip Sheet reflects changes effective as of October 10, 2019 and November 7, 2019. (Posted November 2019)