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FTA solicits input from numerous stakeholder groups to inform our programs and initiatives and improve our communications and technical assistance. Public and stakeholder input helps FTA better address industry needs while achieving the agency’s goals and priorities.
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President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments to support more reliable, zero-emission transit service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced an $86.8 million...
This supplemental form allows you to apply for the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Funds for Transit Systems Affected by Major Declared Disasters Occurring in Calendar Years 2017 & 2020-2022.
Note: You must download FTA’s supplemental form to apply for this grant opportunity...
This supplemental form allows you to apply for the 2023 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program.
Note: You must download FTA’s supplemental form to apply for this grant opportunity. To do so, right click on the file and save it on your local drive, then open the local file...
Learn about FTA’s latest program announcements and initiatives by clicking on the links below. This list represents recent FTA news and activities.
Angela Dluger, Deputy Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight, FTA provided an overview of FTA's National Transit Database Safety and Security Reporting Changes, Risk-Based Inspection Program Updates and FTA's Participation at APTA Mobility
The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Emergency Relief (ER) Program enables FTA to provide assistance to public transit operators in the aftermath of an emergency or major disaster. The ER Program helps States and public transportation systems pay for protecting, repairing, and/or replacing equipment and facilities that may suffer, or have suffered, serious damage as a result of disaster such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR part 673) states that each transit agency must establish activities to "conduct investigation of safety events to identify causal factors." This article examines what causal factors are and their role in an agency's...