Welcome to the Federal Transit Administration
FTA is one of 11 operating administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation with over 500 employees located in Washington, DC and 10 regional offices across the nation. As authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA-LU), the 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 United States. Transportation systems typically include buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, or people movers.
Information provided here describes the administration of the agency (refer to the menu topics on the left). Other sections of the website provide information about:
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People boarding a bus in Kansas City , MO. Learn about Kansas City Area Transportation Authority on the web at: http://www.kcata.org/
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