Get Back To Transit Work
A DOT drug or alcohol violation can remove you from FTA regulated safety sensitive duties. Reset Road connects you with a DOT qualified SAP for a confidential virtual evaluation and guides you through the required return to duty process.
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SAP Services are provided in all 50 states.
Every Week Out Of Duty Can Mean Lost Income
A DOT violation can prevent you from performing FTA regulated safety sensitive functions. Delaying the SAP process can mean more time away from covered transit work.
The sooner you begin, the sooner you can start completing the required steps toward return to duty eligibility.
Your Transit Duties Are On Hold
A DOT drug or alcohol violation means you cannot perform covered safety sensitive functions until you complete the required SAP and return to duty steps.
Your CDL itself is on the clock.
This is the part drivers miss. Since November 18, 2024, your state licensing agency is required to strip the commercial privileges off your license while you sit in prohibited status. That is a downgrade to a regular driver's license. Getting the CDL back means completing the return-to-duty process and then applying for reinstatement with your state. Waiting does not hold your place in line. It moves you backward.
Your Record Can Follow You To Your Next Employer
Changing transit employers does not erase an unresolved DOT violation. Required drug and alcohol testing records can affect your eligibility to perform safety sensitive work with another DOT regulated employer.
You Are Under Pressure To Get Back To Work
Lost income and uncertainty can make the process feel overwhelming. A qualified SAP gives you clear requirements and a defined path toward return to duty.
The drivers who get back to work are not the ones with the cleanest record. They are the ones who started the Return to Duty Process.
A Clear Path Back To Safety Sensitive Transit Work
Reset Road guides you through the SAP process from your initial evaluation through successful compliance. Your employer handles the required return to duty testing before you resume covered FTA duties.
Initial evaluation
You meet your SAP in-person or over video. It runs about 60. Your SAP asks about your history, your test, and your circumstances, then determines what education or treatment you need.
Treatment or education
Your SAP writes a plan and gives you a list of qualified providers to choose from. Some drivers get an education course they can finish in a few day. Others get a treatment program that runs longer.
SAP follow-up evaluation
When you finish your plan, you meet your SAP again. The SAP verifies you completed what was assigned, determines whether you are compliant, and if you are, sets your follow-up testing schedule.
Return-to-duty test
This one is on your employer. Your current or hiring carrier arranges a directly observed return-to-duty test and reports the negative result to the Clearinghouse, if applicable.
Follow-up testing schedule
Your SAP prescribes at least six unannounced tests in your first 12 months back on the job, and can extend the schedule up to five years total. Your employer runs those tests and reports completion.
When FTA Drug and Alcohol Rules Affect Your Transit Career
FTA drug and alcohol requirements reach well beyond bus operators. Public transportation systems depend on employees performing a variety of safety sensitive functions, and federal testing requirements follow the function being performed rather than simply the employees job title. Operating a revenue service vehicle, controlling its movement, maintaining revenue service vehicles or equipment, and providing armed security are examples of work that may fall under FTA requirements. Employees of contractors can also be covered when they perform qualifying safety sensitive functions for a transit agency.
One important FTA distinction involves alcohol results. An alcohol concentration between 0.02 and 0.039 requires temporary removal from safety sensitive duties under FTA rules, but that result alone is not a DOT violation requiring the employee to complete the SAP process. An alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater is treated differently and requires the applicable DOT return to duty process. This distinction matters because being temporarily removed from a transit assignment does not always mean an employee has a DOT violation requiring a Substance Abuse Professional.
When the SAP process is required, the evaluation is about the individual rather than the employees particular transit occupation. The SAP reviews the circumstances and determines what education or treatment is appropriate. One employee may receive an educational recommendation while another may require a different level of intervention based on the evaluation. After those recommendations have been completed, the SAP conducts a follow up evaluation to determine whether the employee has demonstrated successful compliance.
Completing the SAP requirements and returning to a bus, rail vehicle, maintenance facility, control center, or other safety sensitive transit position are separate matters. The SAP determines compliance with the SAP recommendations, but the transit employer controls the employment decision. If the employer chooses to return an eligible employee to safety sensitive duties, the applicable return to duty test must be completed first. Agency policies, collective bargaining agreements, qualification requirements, and other employment procedures can also affect whether and when an employee actually returns to a particular position.
Transit employees who return to safety sensitive work may then enter a period of SAP directed follow up testing. This testing is separate from the employers normal random testing program. The SAP determines the number and frequency of follow up tests, subject to federal minimum requirements, while the employer determines when the unannounced tests actually occur. A random test cannot simply be counted as one of the required SAP follow up tests. This distinction is especially relevant in transit systems where employees may already be accustomed to regular random drug and alcohol testing.
At Reset Road, our role is focused specifically on the SAP portion of this process. We provide virtual evaluations for FTA regulated employees and covered transit contractors, establish individualized education or treatment recommendations, conduct the required follow up evaluation, and provide the appropriate SAP documentation. During the process, we also explain what the SAP can determine and what remains with the transit employer, helping employees understand the difference between completing their SAP requirements and receiving authorization to resume safety sensitive transit work.
Why Transit Professionals Choose Reset Road
In-person or Remote, however you prefer.
Complete your SAP evaluation by in-person or by secure video from a private location. No office visit is required. All you need is a phone, tablet, or computer with a reliable internet connection.
$450, Transparent Pricing
Call three SAP providers and most will not give you a price until they have you on the phone and can read your desperation. Ours is on the page. That $450 covers your initial evaluation, your follow-up evaluation, and Clearinghouse reports (if applicable). No add-on for the follow-up, no add-on for filing.
Start The Process Without Waiting
Your safety sensitive transit duties may be on hold, but the SAP process does not have to be. Optional virtual evaluations let you begin promptly without waiting for an in person appointment.
We Keep Your Process Moving
Delays in completing the SAP process can mean more time away from covered transit work. We complete required SAP documentation promptly so you can move forward after each required step.
We Understand FTA Regulated Work
We work with bus operators, rail operators, dispatchers, mechanics, and other FTA regulated safety sensitive employees. You will not have to spend your evaluation explaining the nature of your transit duties.
You pick your SAP
Your DOT qualified SAP evaluates your situation, determines the required education or treatment, conducts the follow up evaluation, and establishes your follow up testing plan.
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Transit Professionals who Have Returned to Duty
Short, honest Reviews from satisfied customers that got back to work with Reset Road.
Google Review
I thought it was going to be difficult but Mr.Nathan walk me threw step by step he is very helpful and understanding through the process. I would highly recommend him through a process like this one.
David J.
August 29, 2026
Google Review
Excellent service very professional I would’ve been lost without the help of Nathan he is very patient and helps you through the whole process would recommend highly.
Cole D.
August 17, 2026
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Nathan is a very helpful and patient with communication and understanding 👍🏾Thanks alot.
AJC Trucking LLC
August 8, 2026
Nothing changes until you make the first call
The evaluation takes about 60 minutes. Most safety-sensitive employees working with Reset Road finish the return-to-duty process in a week. Every week you wait is a week of missed income. Start the evaluation online, or pick up the phone and talk to a real SAP today.
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