State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Overview Webinar
This webinar reviews the State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including proposed changes, timelines, and how to submit comments.
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Summary of 2020 Census Changes in TrAMS
In December 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau released new urban area boundaries that correspond to the 2020 Census. FTA's Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) has been updated to reflect the appropriate changes to FTA's accounting structure for formula apportionments to UZAs and grant obligations...
PTASP TAC Update: November 2023
This issue of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update focuses on recent questions to the TAC.
Biden Administration Announces More Than $300 Million Available to Make Transit Stations Accessible for All
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of $343 million in Fiscal Year 2024 federal funding to make it easier for people with disabilities and mobility needs to access some of the nation's oldest and busiest...
Transit Bus Automation Quarterly Update Q3 2023
This document highlights transit bus automation activities from the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July - September).
Rail Share Rail Transit Safety Updates
FTA's Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer provides an overview of safety data and current rail transit safety focus areas, discusses how FTA is addressing safety challenges, shares initiatives and resources and discusses how FTA...
National Transit Database Transit Worker Assault Data
This year the National Transit Database (NTD) expanded reporting of assaults on transit workers. Expanded reporting requirements apply to Full, Reduced Tribal and Rural Reporters. Beginning with April 2023 data, all transit worker assaults are reported to the NTD, whether "major" or "non-major...
FTA Ferry Grant Program 2023 Selected Projects
Click on a header to sort by that column. State Project Sponsor FTA Ferry Program Project Description Amount AK Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Rural Ferry The Alaska Department of Transportation...Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Ferry Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced grants totaling $220.2 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernize the nation's ferry systems. The program focuses in part on expanding ferry service in rural...