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Joe DeLorenzo, FTA's Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, provided an update on FTA’s recent transit safety initiatives, including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law implementation, mental health and cybersecurity resources for the transit industry, and...
This report describes the state of the practice in the use of emerging data science tools and methodologies among U.S. transit agencies. It identifies commonalities in the tools and methods being used, as well as in the types of problems that agencies are seeking to solve using increasingly...
This document summarizes the report that includes background research and analysis on the need for new standards, recommended practices, guidance documents, or procedural considerations in the areas of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medication risk management.
This report includes background research and analysis on the need for new standards, recommended practices, guidance documents, or procedural considerations in the areas of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medication risk management.
Safety risk assessment is a process that includes determining the likelihood and severity of a potential consequence of a hazard. Data is a critical building block in a successful safety risk assessment process. Data helps determine which potential consequence(s) of a hazard to assess based on...
The latest Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update is available. New featured resources include the presentation slides and for Developing and Monitoring Safety Risk Mitigations PTASP webinar. This webinar review practices for developing...
This document highlights transit bus automation activities from the first quarter of calendar year 2022 (January to March).
This webinar review practices for developing and documenting mitigations to address the results of safety risk assessment. It also provides examples of mitigations and monitoring plans developed to reduce safety risk at differently sized agencies. The webinar recording is also available.
This document summarizes the report that presents the results of a literature review, an industry survey, development of general use cases for grade crossing, and case studies on four transit properties to establish standards for rail transit roadways/pedestrian grade crossings.