Back to TAM Basics

Webinar Transcript from the 2023 Back to TAM Basics Webinar held on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans Summary of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes

FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, and Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of proposed changes, discussed the update timeline and shared how the public can review and leave...

Category 1: Authority to Perform Risk-Based Inspections (April 2023)

FTA's Cyrell McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist, Office of Safety Review, and Emily Jessup, Attorney Advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, shared program updates and answered questions, with a focus on the State Safety Oversight Agency’s authority to perform risk-based inspections....

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...