Transit Safety & Oversight (TSO)

Overview

FTA administers a national transit safety program and program compliance oversight process to advance safe, reliable, and equitable transit service throughout the U.S. FTA’s Office of Transit Safety & Oversight (TSO) helps make transit safer through policy development, hazard investigation, data collection, risk analysis, oversight programs and information sharing.

What's New

• Information about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • FTA has issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion extending the PTASP compliance deadline from July 20, 2020 to July 20, 2021.
  • FTA has issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion extending the PTSCTP compliance deadline to August 20, 2022.
  • FTA COVID-19 Recovery Listening Sessions
  • FTA COVID-19 Recovery Discussion Forum
  • Frequently Asked Questions from FTA Grantees Regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • FTA COVID-19 Resource Tool
  • USDOT Guidance on Compliance with DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations (3-23-2020)
  • USDOT COVID-19 Drug & Alcohol Testing Statement of Enforcement Discretion for Substance Abuse Professionals and Service Agents (4-4-2020)
• View the presentations from FTA's 2020 Joint State Safety Oversight (SSO) and Rail Transit Agency (RTA) Virtual Workshop.
• In February 2020, FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams sent a letter to transit agency leaders to build awareness in the fight against human trafficking and increase support of the “100 Pledges in 100 Days” campaign.
• The December 2020 issue of the Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight newsletter is now available.

Resources

• Learn more about our Organization Structure
• Learn more about our Office Leadership
• Learn more about our Program Offices:
  • Office of System Safety
  • Office of Safety Review
  • Office of Program Oversight
• Learn more about FTA's WMATA Safety Oversight
• Learn more about TSO through the TSO Spotlight Newsletter