2019 Joint SSO and RTA Workshop Meeting Summary

Meeting summary from the 2019 FTA Joint SSO and RTA Workshop.

2019 TAM Bus Roundtable Round Robin Summary

This document summarizes the "round robin" breakout sessions that occured at the TAM Bus Roundtable on September 4-5, 2019.

TSO Spotlight November 2019 Issue

This issue includes a summary of FTA’s participation at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) TRANSform conference, newly available Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) online resources, and an overview of the PTASP Technical Assistance Center. In addition, there is a...

Nation’s Top Transit Official Tours Philadelphia’s Franklin Square Station BUILD Project

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams today toured the Philadelphia Franklin Square Station project. The visit follows this week’s announcement of a $12.58 million Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage...

2019 TAM Multimodal Roundtable Round Robin Summary

This document summarizes the "round robin" breakout sessions that occured at the TAM Multimodal Roundtable on July 16-18, 2019.

FTA Safety Bulletin 19-03

This Safety Bulletin (SB 19-03) outlines safety considerations associated with rail transit grade crossings.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $900 Million Historic Investment in American Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infrastructure through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. The funding has been awarded to 55...

Safety Performance Targets Guide

Version 3 of the Safety Performance Targets (SPTs) Guide incorporates the April 2024 updates to the National Transportation Safety Plan (National Safety Plan) and the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR part 673) and includes new examples.

The PTASP...

Hazard Management vs. Safety Risk Management Guide

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has received questions from public transportation agencies and State Safety Oversight (SSO) Agencies regarding how the hazard management process, previously required in FTA’s original SSO regulation (49 C.F.R. Part 659), differs from the Safety Risk...

Developing the Safety Management Policy Statement

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prepared this guide to help your transit agency develop a Safety Management Policy Statement (Policy Statement) to support implementation of your Safety Management System (SMS) and to help you comply with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (...