SMS Workshop and Safety Seminar - Regulatory Update on Safety Management Systems
As part of the 2017 APTA Rail Conference, this workshop and safety seminar co-sponsored by the Transportation Research Board will cover the vision of safety regulators in promoting Safety Management Systems (SMS), different oversight roles that a regulator can play, research needs, and how agencies have handled the debate over whether to make SMS mandatory. FTA’s Lynn Spencer, Director, Office of System Safety, will join panelists from the Federal Railroad Administration and Canadian Transportation Safety Board. The panel is part of a comprehensive five-hour session on safety.