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This webinar provides transit agencies and States an overview of how agencies can use their Safety Management System (SMS) to address operator assault. Lisa Staes, the Director of Transit Safety and Workforce Development at the University of South Florida's Center for Urban Transportation...
This article focuses on the identification of hazards related to operator assaults through the Safety Risk Management process. It originally appeared in the February 2021 issue of the TSO Spotlight.
This presentation is from a February 23, 2021 FTA-hosted stakeholder call on the mask requirement for transit systems to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 based on President Joseph R. Biden’s Executive Order 13998, issued January 21, 2021, and in support of implementation for the Centers for...
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) update is now available. Read this week’s updates that focus on addressing operator assault through the Safety Management System (SMS) required by the PTASP regulation (49 CFR Part 673).
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Read the February 2021 issue of the FTA Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter for updates on the top safety priorities of the FTA Acting Administrator, Nuria Fernandez, and information on the Federal Mask Requirement for Transit. Register for the Federal Mask Requirement...
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This document summarizes the report that discusses the results of an independent evaluation of the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner (OTP), called Go! Vermont, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration program...
This report documents the results of an independent evaluation of the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner (OTP), called Go! Vermont, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration program. The project intended to serve as...
This document summarizes the report that discusses the project performance and results on the use and validation of a secondary warning device for roadway workers.
This final report covers the project performance and results on the use and validation of a secondary warning device for roadway workers. The system provides a visual and audible advance warning alert to train operators of workers ahead and a visual and audible advance warning to track workers...