DHS provides security grants to mass transit and passenger rail systems, intercity bus companies, freight railroad carriers, ferries and the trucking industry to help protect the public and nation’s critical transportation infrastructure against acts of terrorism and other large-scale events. The grants support high-impact security projects that have a high efficacy in reducing the most risk to our nations’ transportation systems.
Since 2006 Department of Homeland Security has awarded over $2 billion in Transportation Security Grants
- Transportation Security
- Most funding goes to large metropolitan areas where risk is greatest
- Priorities are high-impact projects that protect against terrorism
- Risk analyses inform the entire risk process
- Risk-Based Approach
- Partnerships are critical to transportation security
- Join our conferences and online forums to exchange ideas
- We need your feedback to improve our grant programs
- Collaborative Process
- Partnerships are critical to transportation security
- Join our conferences and online forums to exchange ideas
- We need your feedback to improve our grant programs
Transit Security Grant Program
The Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 grant programs which directly support transportation infrastructure security activities. These grant programs are part of a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to help strengthen the nation’s critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. The program provides funds to owners and operators of transit systems (which include intracity bus, certain ferry systems and all forms of passenger rail) to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from potential acts of terrorism.
The FY 2012 TSGP was initially authorized by section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53) (the 9/11 Act) and is currently funded under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-81.) Please reference the documents below for an overview of highlights and key changes for this year’s program.