FTA Research Newsletter

The Federal Transit Administration’s FTA Research News is a quarterly newsletter highlighting research and innovation topics, events, training, and guidance for the public transportation industry.

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SMS Techniques for Monitoring Operations and Maintenance Procedures

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation requires each applicable transit agency to “monitor its system for compliance with, and sufficiency of, the agency's procedures for operations and maintenance” (49 CFR 673.27(b)(1)). This article reviews practices for monitoring...

TSO Spotlight March 2022 Issue

Read the March 2022 FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for updates on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s changes to Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan requirements, Safety Management System techniques for monitoring operations and maintenance procedures, a...

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter March 2022 Issue 74

Issue 73 of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulation Updates Newsletter is now available. Please share the newsletter with colleagues and send comments to FTA.DAMIS@dot.gov. 

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Supporting Safety Management System Analysis with the National Transit Database

National Transit Database (NTD) data can help agencies set Safety Performance Targets (SPTs), conduct Safety Risk Management (SRM) analysis and develop safety objectives. (This article was originally published in the February 2022 TSO Spotlight Newsletter.)

PTASP TAC Update: February 2022

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) update is now available. Read this month’s updates focused on Safety Management Systems (SMS) techniques for monitoring operations and maintenance procedures.

New featured resources include the...

TSO Spotlight February 2022 Issue

Read the February 2022 FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for available mental health resources for the transit industry, a reminder of the March 9, 2022 deadline to apply to be an FTA Transit Advisory Committee for Safety member and an update on the Entry-Level Driver...

TSO Spotlight January 2022 Issue

Read the January 2022 FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for an introduction to Joseph DeLorenzo, FTA’s new Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, highlights FTA’s Safety and Oversight team’s 2021 impact, shares information on...

PTASP TAC Update: January 2022

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) update is now available. Read this month’s updates focused on how transit agencies can use the National Transit Database (NTD) to support safety analysis in a Safety Management System (SMS).

New...

FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter December 2021 Issue 73

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

Issue 73 includes information on MIS Training and much more.

Please share the newsletter with colleagues and send comments to FTA.DAMIS@dot.gov.