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Presentation

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221
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
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New York Public Transportation Association Conference

Frank Hackett, Program Manager for the Safety Risk Management Program in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of FTA's approach to reducing safety risk in the transit industry and an update on ongoing efforts to improve transit safety.

Cybersecurity Awareness for Transit Agencies Webinar

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and in recognition, FTA partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in hosting the Cybersecurity Awareness for Transit Agencies webinar. FTA and CISA provided cybersecurity resources available to transit agencies,...

Protecting Transit Workers from Assault

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an update on transit worker safety actions and gave an overview of collected from FTA’s Special Directives on Transit Worker Assault. 

Safety Coordinating Committee Meeting

FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of the state of bus transit safety, Safety Advisory 23-1: Bus-to-Person Collisions, transit worker assault and FTA safety regulatory activities. 

2023 APTA TRANSform Conference

Sunday, October 8 Transit Worker Hours of Service and Fatigue Risk Management Listening Section Safety Coordinating Committee Meeting Tuesday, October 10 Protecting Transit Workers from Assault

FTA Safety Advisory 23-1: Bus-to-Person Collisions Webinar

Data from the National Transit Database shows that bus-to-person collisions remain a top safety concern accounting for 15 percent of fatalities from 2008 to 2021. FTA issued Safety Advisory 23-1 on September 19, 2023, recommending transit agencies that provide bus service consider mitigations...