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News Archive
- March 20, 2023
- March 20, 2023
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation at 49 C.F.R. Part 673.25(b)(1) requires transit agencies to “establish methods or processes to identify hazards and the consequences of hazards” as part of their overall Safety Management...
- March 14, 2023
The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) proposes to implement a bus rapid transit (BRT) service connecting North Charleston and Charleston. The Project is planned to operate in a dedicated guideway for 11.7 miles (55 percent...
- March 14, 2023
FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, and Hope Jensen, Director of the Office of Program Oversight, gave an overview of the safety regulatory agenda and the top oversight findings.
- March 14, 2023
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR part 673) states that each transit agency must establish activities to "conduct investigation of safety events to identify causal factors." This article examines what causal...
- March 13, 2023
In 2022 and 2023, several transit stakeholders have asked FTA to clarify a grant recipient’s ability to modify the prices of existing federally assisted contracts or to structure their federally assisted contracts using advance or progress payments....
- March 13, 2023
03/13/2023
American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Legislative Conference 2023
Remarks of Administrator Nuria Fernandez (as prepared for delivery)Thank you, Matt [Tucker, APTA Legislative Cmte...
- March 11, 2023WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration today announced $65.6 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create rapid bus service in Austin, Texas. The funding will help Capital...
- March 9, 2023
Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) proposes to implement bus rapid transit between the cities of Monterey, Marina, Sand City, Seaside, and Salinas in Monterey County, California. The project includes a six-mile dedicated busway along a former rail right-...
- March 9, 2023
The City of Rochester (City) proposes to implement bus rapid transit (BRT) along 2nd Street SW in downtown Rochester. The project connects Saint Mary's Hospital, the Mayo Clinic Downtown Campus, the Mayo Civic Center, the University of Minnesota-...