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Paulina Orchard, Director of the Office of System Safety in the FTA Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an update on FTA’s Human Trafficking Awareness and Public Safety Initiative, DOT’s Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking Initiative and FTA’s Enhanced Transit Safety...
Joe DeLorenzo, FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, provided an update on FTA’s recent transit safety initiatives, including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law implementation, mental health and cybersecurity resources for the transit industry and...
The Metropolitan Council (Met Council) proposes to construct a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in a corridor beginning in downtown Minneapolis, extending through the Northeast area of Minneapolis, and through the suburban communities of Columbia Heights, Hilltop, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, and...
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed into law on November 15, 2021, changes the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) requirements at 49 U.S.C. § 5329(d). These requirements apply to agencies that are required to have an Agency Safety Plan (ASP) in place under the PTASP...
This webinar reviews key challenge areas for Safety Risk Assessment in practice and provides examples of ways agencies can address these challenges. The webinar recording is also available.
This document summarizes the results of an energy assessment of the Morgantown (West Virginia) Rapid Transit System and the current state of the small transit vehicle industry and includes recommendations to improve the features, durability, and procurement processes of transit vehicles used to...
This report presents the results of an energy assessment of the Morgantown (West Virginia) Rapid Transit System and the current state of the small transit vehicle industry and includes recommendations to improve the features, durability, and procurement processes of transit vehicles used to...
FTA TAM Program webinar on using TAMPLATE to create a TAM Plan. This webinar includes a presentation from the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation.
FTA’s April 2022 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter includes cybersecurity resources for transit, updates on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s changes to Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan requirements, FTA’s recent transit industry engagement and a Federal Highway...