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The FTA issues Special Directive 18-1 to require the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Public Transportation Safety Board (PTSB) to address safety findings identified through FTA’s 2017 Triennial Audit of its State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program. This Special Directive...
The FTA issues Special Directive 18-3 to require the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to conduct a safety risk assessment of its highway grade crossings at or near its third rail system, and develop a corrective action plan of those railroad grade crossings deemed to have an unacceptable risk....
Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
Greater Hartford Transit District's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) gathered Agency Safety Plan (ASP) resources to support the transit industry in developing, implementing, and updating ASPs. The following ASPs have been made publicly available by transit agencies, and FTA is making them available in adherence with the...
This document summarizes the supporting document for Effective Practices in Performing Rail Transit Accident Investigations (Report 0203) which provides a comprehensive examination of each SMS element to broaden the reader’s understanding of how each component complements the others....
This document supports Effective Practices in Performing Rail Transit Accident Investigations (Report 0203) and provides a comprehensive examination of each SMS element to broaden the reader’s understanding of how each component complements the others.
This document summarizes the report that presents research performed under the Federal Transit Administration/Pierce Transit Automated Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Safety Research and Development project. The project goal was to research and facilitate development of collision...
This report summarizes research performed under the Federal Transit Administration/Pierce Transit Automated Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Safety Research and Development project. The project goal was to research and facilitate development of collision avoidance warning systems/automated...
This document summarizes the results of a study to support the development of standards and safer designs to reduce the number of collisions and fatalities and mitigate the severity of transit-bus-related injuries. The New York City Transit Authority performed this safety, research, and...