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FTA prepared this guide to assist your transit agency in establishing a safety risk assessment matrix appropriate for the size and complexity of your operation. The matrix may help your agency implement the Safety Risk Management process required in FTA’s Public Transportation Agency Safety...
FTA has updated the Agency Safety Plan (ASP) checklists in accordance with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) final rule at 49 CFR part 673, published on April 11, 2024. The following updated checklists are available in the PTASP TAC Resource Library:
ASP Checklist...Establishing a reliable baseline cost estimate is a critical element for successful major capital transit project delivery. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires that a project sponsor’s cost estimate be reasonably firm and reliable before commitment of federal funds for major...
The Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration joint NEPA regulations (23 CFR part 771) contain a process in 23 CFR 771.129 for re-evaluating environmental documents or decisions to determine whether the original document or decision...
Fact sheet about developing the Safety Risk Management component of a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
This guide is a resource for bus transit agencies to find safety-related training opportunities. This guide includes training programs offered directly from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and other Federal agencies, FTA-sponsored agencies, and associations specializing in the public...
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation at 49 C.F.R. Part 673.25(b)(1) requires transit agencies to “establish methods or processes to identify hazards and the consequences of hazards” as part of their overall Safety Management System (SMS).
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FTA developed this tool to help individuals distinguish between hazards and consequences in Safety Risk Management under a Safety Management System.
On July 19, 2019 FTA published a Dear Colleague letter to alert the transit industry of an important, upcoming safety deadline. July 19, 2019 marks one year from the compliance deadline for the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation. The PTASP regulation implements a...
This document explains an issue associated with Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) that occurred between May 23, 2019 and June 201, 2019; and what grantees should do to correct the issue. This correction impacted a very small subset of closeouts FFRs and Initial FFRs.