Bus-to-Person Collisions Safety Advisory 23-1

Overview

On September 19, 2023, FTA issued Safety Advisory 23-1:

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.7 Billion to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in Communities Across the Country

Beyond Cleaner Buses, Grant Winners Invest in America’s Workers with Strong Labor Provisions

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced 130 awards totaling nearly $1.7 billion from President Biden...

Interactive PowerPoint Training to Improve Safety Driver Awareness while Operating a Transit Vehicle Equipped with Driving Automation Features Report Summary

This document summarizes the development of a low-cost error training program to improve hazard anticipation, hazard mitigation, and attention maintenance during pilot testing of advanced driver assistance and automated driving technologies at transit agencies. The study was conducted with...

Interactive PowerPoint Training to Improve Safety Driver Awareness while Operating a Transit Vehicle Equipped with Driving Automation Features (Report 0248)

This report presents the development of a low-cost error training program to improve hazard anticipation, hazard mitigation, and attention maintenance during pilot testing of advanced driver assistance and automated driving technologies at transit agencies. The study was conducted with federal...

LVR Bumper Safety Technology Deployment Report Summary

This document summarizes findings from a project to design, build, and test a prototype light rail vehicle (LRV) end enclosure, or bumper, as a retrofit to an existing LRV operated in the U.S. to reduce (1) potential for injury to automobile occupants, (2) damage to the LRV, and (3) costs to...

LVR Bumper Safety Technology Deployment (Report 0247)

This report presents findings from a project to design, build, and test a prototype light rail vehicle (LRV) end enclosure, or bumper, as a retrofit to an existing LRV operated in the U.S. to reduce (1) potential for injury to automobile occupants, (2) damage to the LRV, and (3) costs to...

Safety Risk Management (SRM)

Overview​

Bus Compartment Redesign Program (BCP) and Bus of the Future

This document contains guidance for submitting feedback on the Bus Compartment Redesign Program (BCP).

Transit Bus Automation Quarterly Update Q1 2023

This document highlights transit bus automation activities from the first quarter of calendar year 2023 (January - March).

TSO Spotlight June 2023 Issue

FTA’s June 2023Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter provides an overview of the proposed changes to the National Public Transportation Safety Plan and highlights the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight’s 10-years of safety milestones event.