Version 3 of the Safety Performance Targets (SPTs) Guide incorporates the April 2024 updates to the National Transportation Safety Plan (National Safety Plan) and the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR part 673) and includes new examples.

The PTASP regulation requires each transit agency subject to the regulation to include safety performance targets (SPTs) based on the safety performance measures established in the National Safety Plan in their Agency Safety Plan (§ 673.11(a)(3)). Transit agencies use SPTs to monitor and assess the safety performance of their public transit systems. 

This guide provides information to help transit agencies develop SPTs based on the safety performance measures in FTA’s National Safety Plan. This includes SPTs for all agencies subject to the PTASP regulation, as well as SPTs for safety risk reduction programs for large urbanized area providers.