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Guide to Developing the Safety Assurance Component of a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan

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Safety-Assurance-Fact-Sheet-20200730.pdf (823.33 KB)

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR Part 673) requires certain operators of public transportation systems that are recipients or subrecipients of FTA grant funds to develop Agency Safety Plans (ASP) that include the processes and procedures necessary for implementing Safety Management Systems (SMS). Safety Assurance is one of the four SMS components.

Last updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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