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Guidance

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Significant Regulatory Guidance
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Buy America Guidance Letters

The guidance letters below were published prior to enactment of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) (2021, Pub. L. 117-58 §§ 70901-70927), and therefore are not representative with respect to items that may be considered construction materials under BABA.

The letters remain...

Safety and Security Reporting FAQs

Q: Why does the FTA collect incident information?A: FTA provides incident data to government agencies, industry experts, academic institutions and others to develop benchmarks from performance statistics of transit systems nationwide. The State Safety Oversight (SSO) and Triennial...

New Starts Reporting Instructions

These reporting instructions for the New Starts (Section 5309 Capital Investment Grants Program) inform applicants of the information they must provide so FTA may undertake the legislatively required evaluation and rating of project merit.