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News Archive

  • November 17, 2017

    WASHINGTON– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that Utah is the third state to obtain federal certification of its rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO)...

  • November 16, 2017

    Since the last Before and After Studies report of 2016, no additional studies have been completed by New Starts or Small Starts project sponsors.

  • November 16, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 APTA Annual Meeting about FTA's safety programs.

  • November 16, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 APTA Annual Meeting about FTA's state safety oversight program certification.

  • November 15, 2017

    In 2010, FTA initiated a State of Good Repair (SGR) grant program to support reinvestment in bus fleets and bus facilities for both urbanized and rural areas. Re-authorized under the 2015 FAST Act, the SGR Competitive Grants provide funding through a...

  • November 14, 2017

    Presentation given by the Office of Transit Safety and Oversight (TSO) about FTA's State Safety Oversight (SSO) certification process during the FTA AMPO Safety Webinar.

  • November 9, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 Joint SSO and RTA Workshop about best practices for rail transit safety from Metro Transit.

  • November 8, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 Joint SSO and RTA Workshop about transit security from the Transportation Security Administration.

  • November 8, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 Joint SSO and RTA Workshop about shared used waivers from the Federal Railroad Administration.

  • November 8, 2017

    Presentation given at the 2017 Joint SSO and RTA Workshop about National Transportation Safety Board investigations from the National Transportation Safety Board.