Description
The Fiscal Year 2024 Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) provides funds to public transit agencies to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism. The program has two priority areas: enhancing cybersecurity and enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places. Eligible applicants include passenger rail, intra-city bus, and ferry systems. The grant program has a total available funding of $83,700,000, and the period of performance is 36 or 48 months.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Protecting critical transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism
• Enhancing cybersecurity and the protection of soft targets/crowded places
• Building and sustaining core capabilities relevant to transit security
• Addressing and closing gaps identified in transit agency vulnerability assessments
• Engaging in emergency-related planning, exercising, and training
• Implementing a comprehensive approach to securing critical transportation infrastructure