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December 28, 2007
Re: FTA Complaint Number 07-0185Dear [name withheld]:
This is in response to your complaint against the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), alleging discrimination based on disability. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Office of...
Across the nation, grantees, DBEs, TVMs and the public have fantastic DBE ideas and are implementing innovative DBE practices. This is your opportunity to share your new or innovative DBE practices...
Final Report
Metro-North RailroadNew York, NYApril 2016Final Report
Pace Suburban...FTA works to ensure nondiscriminatory transportation in support of our mission to enhance the social and economic quality of life for all Americans. The FTA Office of Civil Rights conducts periodic discretionary compliance reviews of recipients of FTA funding....
If you believe you have been discriminated against by a public transit provider, you may file an administrative complaint with the FTA Office of Civil Rights. FTA processes complaints under the following programs:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): prohibits discrimination...The Federal Transit Laws, 49 U.S.C. 5332(b), provide that "no person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any project,...
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. The Federal Transit Administration works to ensure nondiscriminatory transportation in support of...
DOT’s DBE Program seeks to ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts in the Department’s highway, transit, and airport financial assistance programs and to create a level playing field on which DBEs can compete fairly for DOT-assisted contracts.
Host: If you’re applying for, or are about to receive, money from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, there’s something you should know. Federal law requires that you have a DBE program in place that is designed to help small businesses, especially those who are...