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This guidance does not have the force and effect of law and is not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies. FTA recipients and subrecipients should refer to FTA’s...
This is the Foreward section of the FY20 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual.
This is the Summary of Changes section of the FY20 Comprehensive Review Contractor’s Manual.
As the transit industry begins to explore the use of automated transit buses, many stakeholders have questions about the impact of new technologies on transit agencies, employees, riders, and the general public. In response, FTA has developed Transit Bus Automation Policy FAQs for key areas of...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects with Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations for the Passenger Ferry Grant Program (Ferry Program) and provides administrative guidance on project implementation.
This document provides guidelines for creating a Preliminary Data Management Plan submitted as part of an application that describes how applicants plan to handle digital datasets over the course of a research project following federal and departmental requirements.
These guidelines are intended to provide employers with the knowledge and resources needed to develop, implement, and manage a drug and alcohol testing program complying with FTA and US DOT rules. Employers with well-established drug and alcohol testing programs also can use these guidelines to...
This presentation from December 12, 2018 provides guidance for rail transit on using the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) to develop an agency safety plan.
Presentation given on December 18, 2018, by Iyon Rosario, FTA Drug and Alcohol Program Manager, about the increase in the minimum rate of random drug testing for covered employees, effective January 1, 2019.
This 2014 Statistical Summaries report provides information about FTA’s major financial aid programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 that were authorized under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal legislation, which was signed into law in July 2012.