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Continuing a focus on keeping public transportation the safest mode of surface travel, FTA published updates to its safety recertification training regulation: the Public Transportation Safety Training Certification Program (49 CFR Part 672).
The program establishes two recertification...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $316 million to support and modernize passenger ferry service in communities across the country. Across the country, there are approximately three million ferry riders...
FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, provided an overview of safety data, bus safety programs and the National Roadway Safety Strategy campaign.
Federal Register: Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans
Document Series: Final Rule
Author: Federal Transit Administration
FTA Docket Number: FTA-2023-0007
On April 9, 2024, FTA published the first major update to the Public...
This document lists the changes to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans regulation (49 CFR Part 673) published in 2024. Changes are noted in red text.
On April 9, 2024, FTA published an updated version of the National Public Transportation Safety Plan. The National Safety Plan serves as FTA’s primary guidance document to improve transit safety performance.
The amount apportioned in this notice includes funding authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58), and is based on funding made available under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366 / Public Law 118-42...
FTA's Hope Jensen, Director of the Office of Program Oversight, provided an overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 activities, shared FY 2019–2023 Comprehensive Review data and discussed the top 10 findings.
FTA's Dr. Melonie Barrington, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, provided an overview of FTA's safety regulatory updates, discussed the Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and shared data regarding assaults...