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Causal Factors in Safety Investigations (Part 2): Causal Analysis Activities
Causal and contributing factors include key actions, situations or conditions that led to an event's occurrence or that increased an event's effects. This article, originally published in the April 2023 issue of the Transit Safety & Oversight Spotlight newsletter, examines investigation...
Location-Based Service Data for Transit Agency Planning and Operations: Market Scan and Feasibility Analysis Report Summary
This document summarizes the opportunities, limitations, and potential risks of using LBS data and recommendations to transit agencies on the prudent, safe, and effective use of the data.
Location-Based Service Data for Transit Agency Planning and Operations: Market Scan and Feasibility Analysis (Report 0245)
This report highlights the opportunities, limitations, and potential risks of using LBS data, and provides recommendations to transit agencies on the prudent, safe, and effective use of the data.
Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans Summary of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Changes
FTA’s Stewart Mader, Program Analyst for Transit Safety and Oversight, and Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview of proposed changes, discussed the update timeline and shared how the public can review and leave...
Dear Colleague Letter: Announcing Guidance Updates Associated with the End of COVID-19 Disaster Declarations
This Dear Colleague letter is to inform recipients they will no longer be able to use annual Section 5307 and non-Tribal 5311 funding at a 100 percent federal share for capital expenditures related to COVID-19 response.
Fiscal Year 2023 Passenger Ferry Grant Program and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program Notice of Funding Supplemental Form
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Passenger Ferry Grant Program and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program Notice of Funding Supplemental Form.
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...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $220 Million to Modernize Ferry Service and Better Connect Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $220 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support or modernize passenger ferry service in rural and urban communities across the country....
Category 1: Authority to Perform Risk-Based Inspections (April 2023)
FTA's Cyrell McLemore, Senior Inspection Specialist, Office of Safety Review, and Emily Jessup, Attorney Advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, shared program updates and answered questions, with a focus on the State Safety Oversight Agency’s authority to perform risk-based inspections....