Rule 24 Feb 2025 compliance, regulation, federal transit administration, state safety oversight, transit sector

🚍FTA Announces Enforcement Discretion on State Safety Oversight Rule

This document announces that FTA will not take enforcement action against regulated entities for failing to comply with the State Safety Oversight final rule, published on October 18, 2024, until March 20, 2025.

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Regulatory Requirements, Financial Assistance Programs 21 Jan 2025 compliance, federal transit administration, grants, transport, emergency relief

🚍Emergency Relief Docket 2025

By this notice, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is establishing an Emergency Relief Docket for calendar year 2025, so grantees and subgrantees affected by a national or regional emergency or disaster may request temporary relief from FTA administrative and statutory requirements.

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Compliance, Financial Assistance, Economic Development 16 Jan 2025 federal transit administration, federal guidance, procurement, business compliance, third-party contracting

🏗️New FTA Third-Party Contracting Guidance for Businesses

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made available on its website the final updated Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular (C 4220.1G). The updated circular reflects statutory and regulatory changes that have occurred since the last update, provides additional non-binding guidance, and supersedes the previous Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular C 4220.1F. This notice responds to the comments FTA received on the proposed circular, which was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024.

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Regulatory Changes, Business Operations 8 Jan 2025 compliance, transportation, administrative practice and procedure, financial assistance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, federal transit administration, grant programs-transportation, charter service, buses, mass transportation

🚍Proposed Changes to Charter Service Regulations by FTA

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is proposing to amend regulations that govern the provision of charter service by recipients of Federal financial assistance. The proposed changes will remove the Federal Financial Assistance Programs listed in an appendix and the guidance in additional appendices and make non-substantive technical edits throughout to remove outdated citations and provide clarity.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 3 Jan 2025 compliance, transportation, national transit database, federal transit administration, regulatory changes

🚍National Transit Database Reporting Changes

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is reopening the comment period for the Federal Register notice regarding FTA's National Transit Database reporting changes and clarifications, which was published on October 31, 2024, with the original comment period closing on December 30, 2024.

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