Purpose

STOPS users are required to represent transit service changes offered by new projects in GTFS format.  STOPS users can embed these service changes in GTFS by: 1) engaging with transit agency schedulers, 2) using commercial...

This guidance is intended to assist FTA Regional staff and project sponsors in applying specific Categorical Exclusions to FTA projects.

FTA has developed a Rail Grade Crossing (RGX) Fact Sheet communicating the current transit RGX safety landscape, transit RGX collision trends and incidents and collisions data. FTA analyzes data reported to the National Transit Database (NTD) to...

Program Management Guidance Updates

• Consolidated Circular for Urbanized Area Grant Programs
• ...

FTA's Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo provided an update on recent rulemaking efforts.

FTA's Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo provided an update on the state of bus and rail transit safety, recent FTA regulatory updates and the risk-based inspection program.

FTA may issue general directives that are applicable to the entire transit industry or a subset of the industry when it: 

• determines that an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions and...

FTA's Office of System Safety, Safety Policy Senior Program Analyst Stewart Mader discussed PTASP and National Safety Plan highlights, compliance timeframes and additional resources. 

FTA is responsible for ensuring grant recipient compliance with financial assistance requirements. On April 4, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget issued revisions to multiple parts of the Code of Federal Regulations including the Uniform...