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PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of February 1, 2021

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on recent transit agency questions to the TAC regarding the PTASP regulation (49 CFR Part 673).

Featured resources include...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of January 18, 2021

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on Safety Management System implementation during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Featured resources include the FTA...

TSO Spotlight January 2021 Issue

Read the January 2021 FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for updates on the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and FTA Safety Bulletins on End-of-Railcar Door Signage and Inward- and Outward-Facing Image and Audio Recorders. Read a feature...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of January 4, 2021

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on Safety Management System (SMS) implementation and questions the TAC has received about the second PTASP Notice of Enforcement...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of December 21, 2020

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on Agency Safety Plan (ASP) development challenges the Technical Assistance Center has identified through ASP reviews and agency questions...

TSO Spotlight December 2020 Issue

This issue provides updates on the 2021 FTA Drug and Alcohol Random Testing Rates, Notice of Enforcement Discretion for the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) and Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) regulations. Register for upcoming events and...

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter December 2020 Issue 70

A new issue of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates Newsletter is now available.

Issue 70 includes information on the Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference to be held in 2021, MIS Reporting and Frequently Asked Questions, who should be tested after an accident, and more...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of December 7, 2020

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on identifying causal factors when investigating safety events.

Featured resources include the Agency Safety Plan (ASP) Lessons...

PTASP TAC Biweekly Update: Week of November 23, 2020

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) biweekly message is now available. Read this week's updates that focus on the on the terms defined by the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation. Featured resources include the...

TSO Spotlight November 2020 Issue

The November 2020 issue provides a Triennial and State Management Review cycle update, recaps lessons learned from voluntary Agency Safety Plan reviews and information gleaned from the PTASP Technical Assistance Center customer satisfaction surveys. Learn about the new USDOT-FTA and HUD-PIH...