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FTA's Associate Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Joe DeLorenzo provided an overview of FTA's safety regulatory updates, assaults on transit worker data and fatigue risk management.
The 2022-2024 Charter tasked the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) with developing recommendations that the Federal Transit Administration could implement to improve public safety. This report includes recommendations related to one of the Charter’s safety focus areas: Reducing...
The 2022-2024 Charter tasked the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) with developing recommendations that the Federal Transit Administration could implement to improve public safety. This report includes recommendations related to one of the Charter’s safety focus areas: Cyber and...
The 2022-2024 Charter tasked the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) with developing recommendations that the Federal Transit Administration could implement to improve public safety. This report includes recommendations related to one of the Charter’s safety focus areas: Advancing...
WASHINGTON – Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 creating the federal transit program. For the first time, the federal government took on a major role in supporting transit bus and rail systems across the U.S. This law was...
The third round of historic federal funding will help transit agencies serve more riders, reduce air pollution, and train workers on new technologies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced...
FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-5 to require the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024 to strengthen safety oversight of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation...
FTA issues Special Directive (SD) 24-4 to require the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024 to increase resources and technical capacity. FTA conducted this SMI of PennDOT...
FTA issues Special Directive 24-3 to direct the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released in early July 2024. FTA conducted this SMI between August 10, 2023, and January 31, 2024, to...
This report documents the results of FTA's Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail and bus transit system and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA).