FTA solicits input from numerous stakeholder groups to inform our programs and initiatives and improve our communications and technical assistance. Public and stakeholder input helps FTA better address industry needs while achieving the agency’s goals and priorities. 

Engagement is focused primarily on:

• Increasing transit ridership
• Workforce recruitment, development, and retention
• Improving safety
• Securing the economic future of the transit industry
• Procurement and lowering project costs

Initiatives

FTA has led engagement with stakeholders to identify potential actions to address the most pressing challenges facing the transit industry, including: 

• USDOT/FTA Tribal Transit Symposium, May 2023
• Community Organization Webinar Series
• Advancing Bus Procurement Best Practices to Lower Costs and Accelerate Deliveries