Welcome to the
Florida Transit Safety and Operations Network (FTSON)
The purpose is to provide resources and a platform for discussion of safety and operational challenges, opportunities, and initiatives impacting public transportation providers in Florida.
MAP-21 establishes new requirements for transit asset management plans by transit agencies as well as new reporting requirements to promote accountability. The goal of improved transit asset management is to implement a strategic approach for assessing needs and prioritizing investments for bringing the nation’s public transit systems into a state of good repair. This is…
On February 28th, FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff hosted a Webinar to discuss the safety provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Vincent Valdes, Acting Associate Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration’s new Office of Transit Safety and Oversight (TSO), provided further details on the program and the progress that…
Transit Research Board Annual Meeting (1/14/2013) View Webinar
This webinar, held soon after enactment of the new transportation authorization law, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), provided an opportunity to hear from the key congressional committee staff from the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives who wrote the transit provisions of the new law. These experts, along with…