FTA issued Special Directive 23-1 to require the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to address a pattern of insufficient staffing in their State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program. IDOT must take action to increase staffing to align with the...

This letter is a response to the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) request for clarification regarding the requirements of Special Directive (SD) 23-1. FTA issued SD 23-1 on October 23, 2023, to direct IDOT to address a pattern of...

FTA's Hope Jensen, Director of the Office of Program Oversight, gave an overview of the Office of Program Oversight Updates.

Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an update on current safety rulemaking activities.

Jeremy Furrer, Safety Policy and Promotion Division Chief in the Office of System Safety, provided an overview on Safety Performance Targets and recent applicable statutory changes and proposed FTA updates.

• Office of Program Oversight Updates
• FTA Safety Policy Updates
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President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments to support better, more reliable transit service

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal...

FTA’s November 2023 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter includes articles on FTA's participation at transit industry events, the State Safety Oversight Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the expanded transit worker assault reporting in...

Speaker biographies from the 2023 FTA Joint SSO and RTA Workshop.