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FTA Drug and Alcohol Newsletter September 2024 Issue 82
Issue 82 of the FTA Drug & Alcohol Program Newsletter is now available. This issue includes information about random testing spread requirements, collection sites and Designated Employer Representatives.
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SMS in Practice Workshops
Advancing Safety Risk Management and Safety AssuranceBased on the popularity of the virtual SMS in Practice: Advancing Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance workshops, three additional sessions of these two full day virtual workshops are open for registration. They will be held from 10...
INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $300 Million in Grants to Modernize America’s Ferry Systems
Projects in 14 states will Advance Clean Technology and Support Local Economies
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced grants totaling nearly $300 million from President Biden's...
Maintenance Vehicle Derailments Letter of Concern
FTA correspondence to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority regarding maintenance vehicle derailments.
Virtual Public Roundtable on Bus Safety and Design Impacting Operator Visibility
FTA hosted a virtual public roundtable with bus manufacturers and the transit industry to discuss transit bus safety and elements in the design of transit buses that impact operator visibility. View the recording.
FTA Ferry Grant Program 2024 Selected Projects
Click on a header to sort by that column. State Project Sponsor FTA Ferry Program Project Description Amount AK Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Rural Ferry The Alaska Department of Transportation...Providing a Dynamic, Data-Driven Micro-Transit Service with Smart Dispatch Using Artificial Intelligence (Report 0269)
This report summarizes the results of FTA’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) Initiative grant to West River Transit Authority, Inc. dba Prairie Hills Transit (PHT) and HB Software Solutions-Qryde. Specifically, the report details the development and deployment of an AI-based dispatch...
Procurement System Review Contractor’s Manual Fiscal Year 2024
The Fiscal Year 2024 Procurement System Review (PSR) Manual conveys FTA’s expectations of our PSR contractors for assessing procurement compliance of FTA recipients. This manual is a “back to basics” effort to identify the minimum procurement compliance requirements to which recipients are...