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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) is one of four grant programs that constitute DHS/FEMA’s focus on transportation infrastructure security activities. These grant programs are part of a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to help strengthen the Nation’s critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. The TSGP provides funds to transit agencies to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies. The TSGP supports the goal of Readying the Nation for Catastrophic Disasters.
Within this broader construct, the objective of the FY 2019 TSGP is to provide funds to eligible public transportation systems (which include intra-city bus, ferries, and all forms of passenger rail) for the protection of critical transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism and to increase the resilience of transit infrastructure.
In assessing the national risk profile for FY 2019, four priority areas emerge:
1) Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places;
2) Enhancing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and improvised explosive device (IED) prevention, detection, response, and recovery capabilities;
3) Enhancing cybersecurity; and
4) Addressing emergent threats, such as unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
There are also several enduring security needs that crosscut the Transportation Sector and form a second tier of priorities:
1) Effective planning;
2) Training and awareness campaigns;
3) Equipment and capital projects; and
4) Exercises.
See the table on page 3 of the NOFO for examples of projects within each of the priorities listed above.
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