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This report reviews the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) recommendation R-16-02, “Issue regulatory safety standards for emergency egress in tunnel environments."
This document summarizes industry needs relating to rail tunnel design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation.
This report presents industry needs relating to rail tunnel design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation identified by reviewing past tunnel incidents and discussions with multiple transit agencies.
This article is a reminder to update Agency Safety Plans to comply with new requirements established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Please view the September 2022 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter for additional details regarding Agency Safety Plans.
WASHINGTON – More than two dozen American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native communities will see an improvement in their transit thanks to $8.6 million in grants awarded today by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The competitive grants under FTA's Tribal...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau will offer low-cost and flexible financing for transit and transit-oriented development (TOD) projects at the maximum level authorized under law. USDOT’s...
FTA issued Special Directive 22-22 to require City of Albuquerque Transit Department (ABQ Ride) Transit to submit documentation within 60 days regarding whether and how the transit agency has assessed transit worker assault safety risk in their transit system, and whether and how the transit...
FTA issued Special Directive 22-21 to require the Metro Transit to submit documentation within 60 days regarding whether and how the transit agency has assessed transit worker assault safety risk in their transit system, and whether and how the transit agency is mitigating and monitoring transit...
FTA issued Special Directive 22-20 to require the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to submit documentation within 60 days regarding whether and how the transit agency has assessed transit worker assault safety risk in their transit system, and whether and how the transit...
FTA issued Special Directive 22-19 to require the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) to submit documentation within 60 days regarding whether and how the transit agency has assessed transit worker assault safety risk in their transit system, and whether and how the transit...