Safety Rulemakings and Safety Risk Management Updates

Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of and status update on FTA's safety policy initiatives, including safety rulemakings that stem from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

Special Directives: Required Actions Regarding Transit Worker Assault

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an overview of data collected from FTA’s Special Directives on Transit Worker Assault. 

Update to the Bus Safety Committee

FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of FTA's transit worker assault special directive, expanded assault reporting in the NTD and additional updates to bus safety.

APTA Mobility Conference

Special Directives: Required Actions Regarding Transit Worker Assault

Safety Rulemakings and Safety Risk Management Updates

Period of Availability for FTA Funds

This table is a quick reference guide to the period of availability of funds for each type of grant award that FTA administers.

Module 1: FTA Programs, Processes, and Resources Presentation

FTA provided an overview of FTA oversight, highlighted the oversight process, the Contractors Manual, discussed how to prepare for a review and available resources.  

FTA Emergency Relief for Major Declared Disasters in 2017 & 2020-2022 Webinar

This presentation was used for a webinar about the FY 2023 Emergency Relief Grants for Public Transportation Systems Affected by Major Declared Disasters in Calendar Years 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2022 funding opportunity on April 6, 2023. This webinar presented potential applicants with...

National Roadway Safety Strategy Implementation: 1-Year Later

FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, gave an overview of the National Roadway Safety Strategy Implementation. 

Identifying Causal Factors in Safety Event Investigations

This webinar provides participants with an introduction to causal factors in safety event investigations and includes two transit leaders who share their agencies' safety event investigation experiences and lessons learned. The webinar recording is also available.

Module 2: Legal, Financial Management & Capacity and Technical Capacity Presentation

FTA provided an overview of basic requirements, required documentation, common issues and available resources for these areas.