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The Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight is a monthly newsletter about safety and oversight topics, events, training and guidance that affect the public transportation industry.
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FTA compiled and published Responses to General Directive 24-1, an initial findings summary of the information submitted in response to General Directive 24-1, which required more than 700 transit agencies subject to FTA's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP) regulation to conduct a safety risk assessment, identify safety risk mitigations or strategies and provide information to FTA on how they are assessing, mitigating and monitoring the safety risk associated with assaults on transit workers. For more information, view our General Directive web page.
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In 2024, FTA began a new workshop series, Safety Management System (SMS) in Practice, to spotlight critical components in SMS. The workshops explored common challenges identified during FTA’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans Technical Assistance Center inquiries, audits and Agency Safety Plan reviews. The workshops featured interactive components such as group discussions and scenario-based exercises assisting stakeholders in applying a deeper knowledge of the process and required skills to improve safety at their agencies. Last fall, FTA held two virtual workshops with the final virtual workshop held on January 14—15, 2025.
FTA will host the 2025 FTA State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Workshop from May 6—8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia to provide program updates and discuss federal requirements to strengthen rail transit safety and other safety priorities. Please register by April 15, 2025, to attend.
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Safety training plays an important role in creating safer transit systems across America. The following list summarizes available safety training and resources offered through FTA and its partners:
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NEW: Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) Recertification Training — for fiscal year 2025, the Advancing Safety Assurance Through Corrective Action Plans self-paced eLearning course is the FTA recertification training requirement, available on TSI’s learning management system.
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FTA Safety Training Page — outlines training requirements and available training courses.
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FTA-Sponsored Training Courses — provides information on FTA-sponsored FY2024 training delivered by the TSI.
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TSI Course Schedule — includes TSI safety training courses for transit personnel to support FTA grantees subject to the PTSCTP regulation with initial training and recertification training requirements. In addition to PTSCTP bus and rail courses, trainings include courses for bus, rail, general transit safety and transit crime prevention and emergency management.
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De-Escalation Training Resource Directory — Includes resources and examples of how agencies are implementing de-escalation training.
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REMINDER: PTSCTP Semi-Annual Reporting — Recent updates to FTA's PTSCTP regulation require State Safety Oversight Agencies and Rail Transit Agencies subject to the PTSCTP regulation to complete semi-annual reporting requirements to FTA during the reporting windows (January 1—January 31 and July 1—July 31 of 2025).
APTA Mobility Conference
April 6–9, 2025 | Austin, TX
Save the Dates: SSO Quarterly Call
February 19, 2025 | 3:00–4:30 pm ET | Virtual
May 21, 2025 | 3:00–4:30 pm ET | Virtual
August 20, 2025 | 3:00–4:30 pm ET | Virtual
November 19, 2025 | 3:00–4:30 pm ET | Virtual
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