FTA prepared this guide to assist your transit agency in establishing a safety risk assessment matrix appropriate for the size and complexity of your operation. The matrix may help your agency implement the Safety Risk Management process required...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) developed this guide to explain the distinct functions of safety risk mitigations and corrective actions. The guide discusses their respective roles within the Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance...

Through the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation at 49 C.F.R Part 673 (Part 673), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires transit agencies to implement a Safety Management System (SMS) to manage safety risk, which can...

This document is designed to help transit agencies identify potential sources of hazards for analysis through the Safety Risk Management (SRM) process. SRM works within agency Safety Management Systems (SMS) to help  assess and mitigate...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prepared this guide to assist your rail transit agency in establishing a safety risk assessment matrix appropriate for the size and complexity of your operations. Choosing to adopt such a matrix may help your...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prepared this guide to help your transit agency develop a Safety Management Policy Statement (Policy Statement) to support implementation of your Safety Management System (SMS) and to help you comply with the...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has received questions from public transportation agencies and State Safety Oversight (SSO) Agencies regarding how the hazard management process, previously required in FTA’s original SSO regulation (49 C.F.R....

Operators of public transportation systems that are recipients and subrecipients of Urbanized Area Formula Program funds, under 49 U.S.C. § 5307, must comply with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation, at 49 CFR Part 673,...