# Public Transportation Safety Program
> **Federal Transit Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-11 · Effective 2016-09-12 · 81 FR 53046
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18920
- **Category:** transit
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Transit Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 53046
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 670
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-11
- **Effective date:** 2016-09-12
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FTA-2015-0009
## Abstract

The Federal Transit Administration is issuing a final rule to establish substantive and procedural rules for FTA's administration of a comprehensive safety program to improve the safety of the Nation's public transportation systems. This final rule provides the framework for FTA to monitor, oversee and enforce transit safety, based on the methods and principles of Safety Management Systems.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/11/2016-18920/public-transportation-safety-program)
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