Federal Transit Administration

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Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled

Over.” It also promotes safety messages

for NHTSA vehicle-related issues. The

Off‌i ce also manages all NHTSA Web

sites and the toll-free Motor Vehicle Auto

Safety Hotline to identify safety problems

in motor vehicles and equipment.

Consumers can call the hotline (phone,

888–327–4236; TDD, 800–424–9153

or 202–366–7800 in the Washington,

DC, area) to report safety-related

problems. English- and Spanish-speaking

representatives are available between 8

a.m. and 10 p.m. eastern standard time,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. Consumers can also reach the

hotline via the Internet at www.nhtsa.dot.

gov/hotline. These calls form the basis

for investigations and, ultimately, recalls

if safety-related defects are identif‌i ed.

The hotline and the Web sites provide

information to consumers about vehicle

and child seat recalls, crash test results,

and a variety of other highway safety

information.

For a complete list of National

Highway Traff‌i c Safety Administration

Regional Off‌i ces, go to www.nhtsa.dot.

gov/nhtsa/whatis/regions.

For further information, contact the Off‌i ce of Communications and Consumer Information, National

Highway Traff‌i c Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,

Washington, DC 20590. Phone, 202–366–9550. Internet, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov.

Federal Transit Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590

Phone, 202–366–4043. Internet, http://www.fta.dot.gov.

Administrator PETER M. ROGOFF

Deputy Administrator THERESE M. MCMILLAN

Executive Director MATTHEW J. WELBES

Associate Administrator for Administration (VACANCY)

Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy ROBERT J. TUCCILLO

Associate Administrator for Communications

and Congressional Affairs

BRIAN D. FARBER

Associate Administrator for Planning LUCY GARLIAUSKAS

Associate Administrator for Program

Management

HENRIKA BUCHANAN-SMITH

Associate Administrator for Research,

Demonstration, and Innovation

VINCENT VALDES

Chief Counsel DORVAL R. CARTER, JR.

Director, Off‌i ce of Civil Rights LINDA C. FORD , Acting

[For the Federal Transit Administration statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49,

Part 601]

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

(formerly the Urban Mass Transportation

Administration) was established as an

operating administration of the U.S.

Department of Transportation by section

1 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of

1968 (5 U.S.C. app. 1), effective July

1, 1968. FTA’s mission is to improve

public transportation for America’s

communities by assisting in developing

improved public transportation and

providing f‌i nancial assistance to State

and local governments to f‌i nance public

transportation systems and carry out

national transit goals and policy.

Programs

Alternatives Analysis This program

provides grants to assist identifying

public transportation needs and the costs

and benef‌i ts of various transportation

strategies for a def‌i ned travel corridor.

The results of such studies may be

the selection of a locally preferred

transportation alternative, which is the