FTA published answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding General Directive 24-1: Required Actions Regarding Assaults on Transit Workers. The FAQs clarify requirements to support transit agencies in meeting the December 26, 2024, reporting deadline. Transit agencies are required to submit information to FTA on how they are assessing, mitigating and monitoring the safety risk associated with assaults on transit workers. 

On September 25, 2024, FTA issued General Directive 24-1 to protect our nation’s frontline transit workers, which requires more than 700 transit agencies nationwide to take action and address ongoing incidents of assaults. The directive reflects FTA’s commitment to the safety of transit workers and the need to address at the federal level the problem of verbal and physical assaults they face while at work.