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This issue includes information regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including guidance and resources available on FTA’s COVID-19 website, the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Notice of Enforcement Discretion, and upcoming virtual safety training. Additionally, this...
Section 7613 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA 2020), Pub. L. No. 116-92 (Dec. 20, 2019), added new subsection 49 U.S.C. § 5323(u) to federal public transportation law. Section 5323(u) limits the use of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds, and in some...
AIM Challenge Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity FAQs
Program Eligibility Project Partners Review and Selection Process Project Structure and Requirements Applying for the AIM Challenge Grant Funding Opportunity Program EligibilityQ: Are all types of public...
This is a summary of the Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: Long Beach Transit Battery Electric Buses report that summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of a fleet of battery electric buses (BEB) operated by Long Beach Transit (LBT) in southern California.
This report summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of a fleet of battery-electric buses (BEB) operated by Long Beach Transit (LBT) in southern California. FTA collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to...
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) proposes to implement a bus rapid transit (BRT) line connecting downtown, the Memphis Medical District, and the University of Memphis. The project includes one mile of exclusive bus lanes, off vehicle fare collection, transit signal priority, and...
Presentation about PTASP Safety Assurance ASP section lessons learned.
Listening to the webinar recording.
Some of the Frequently Asked Questions that FTA has posted about COVID-19 and the CARES Act concern program requirements that are typically not relevant to recipients of Tribal Transit grants. To avoid confusion, we have curated a list of those questions we believe to be most relevant to...
WASHINGTON – In response to COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that it will give transit agencies more time to meet the requirements of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation.
“We...
The PTASP regulation requires transit agencies to incorporate Safety Management System (SMS) policies and procedures as they develop safety plans to manage safety risks. The regulation set July 20, 2020 as the deadline for transit agencies to certify that they have established a compliant agency...