2025 NHTSA Lifesavers Conference Presentation

FTA’s Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, Joe DeLorenzo, provided an overview and data analysis of bus-to-person collisions. 

Risk-Based Inspection Program Implementation Requirements

FTA's Office of Transit Safety and Oversight hosted a webinar about the State Safety Oversight Agencies implementation of the Risk-Based Inspection Program requirements included in the Special Directives and pursuant to The Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act.

APTA Safety Spotlight Webinar

FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo discussed FTA safety updates including Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans compliance for transit agencies and FTA's initial analysis of responses to General Directive 24-1: Required...

Special Topics in Transit Safety: Bus-to-Person Collisions Overview

FTA's Office of System Safety, Transportation Data Analyst Gibran Abifadel provided an overview of FTA's recent efforts to reduce the safety risk in the transit industry for bus-to-person collisions.

2025 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Bus Safety and Accessibility Competitive Funding Opportunity Webinar Presentation

This document presents the presentation from the Bus Safety and Accessibility Competitive Funding Opportunity webinar held on December 3, 2024.

Overview of Safety Advisory 24-2: Street-Running Rail Vehicle Collisions

FTA recently issued Safety Advisory 24-2: Street Running Rail Vehicle Collisions to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by street-running rail vehicle collisions. This webinar provides State Safety Oversight Agencies and Rail Transit Agencies with an overview of the Safety Advisory,...

Assaults on Transit Workers

FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy Senior Program Analyst Stewart Mader and Safety Promotion Program Analyst Anna Curtis discussed assaults on transit workers, General Directive 24-1 and the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans regulation.

Data-Driven Safety: Implementing SMS

FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo discussed Safety Management Systems and data management.

SMS Implementation, PTASP and Safety Committees

FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief Jeremy Furrer provided updates on FTA's Safety Committee requirements and FTA compliance monitoring.