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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,...
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.
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.
FTA's Valerie Beck, Safety Assurance and Risk Management Division Chief facilitated an in-person public listening session to allow interested persons to present comments, views and relevant research on transit worker hours of service and fatigue risk management programs.
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...
This webinar provided participants with ways their agency can use their Agency Safety Plan (ASP) reviews and updates to advance their Safety Management System (SMS). Transit leaders shared their agencies' experiences and lessons learned. Audience members were invited to join the conversation by...
Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of the current transit safety landscape, including an update on current safety rulemaking activities and ways to engage with FTA.
FTA hosted a webinar to discuss transit rail grade crossing safety from both operational and public education and outreach perspectives. FTA provided an overview and the Center for Urban Transportation Research and MxV Rail highlighted research on engineering aspects related to rail grade...
FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of bus transit safety, bus-to-person collisions, transit worker assault, cybersecurity resources, and FTA safety regulatory activities.