Welcome to the Federal Transit Administration

FTA is one of 11 operating administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation with 517 employees located in Washington, DC and 10 regional offices across the nation. Headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President of the United States, FTA provides stewardship of combined formula and discretionary programs totaling more than $10B to support a variety of locally planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems throughout the U.S., including buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, and people movers. FTA performs core functions aimed at serving different customer groups through State and local transit authorities. These core functions include providing (1) grants for construction, facilities and in some cases operation, (2) technical assistance, (3) program management and oversight to ensure projects are built on time and within budget, (4) transit policy and guidance to customers; and by proposing to Congress legislative initiatives, (5) ideas and strategies to improve operations, promote state of good repair and introduce new technologies and innovation.

FTA Programs

To carry out its mission, FTA administers a variety of grant programs to serve local communities throughout the United States.