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Data from the National Transit Database shows that bus-to-person collisions remain a top safety concern accounting for 15 percent of fatalities from 2008 to 2021. FTA issued Safety Advisory 23-1 on September 19, 2023, recommending transit agencies that provide bus service consider mitigations...
This document summarizes the evaluation of the deployment of AI applications with vision-based systems for monitoring trespassing to improve transit safety.
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) applications with vision-based systems for monitoring trespassing to improve transit safety. For this project, AI refers to all machine vision, computational algorithms, pattern...
This document summarizes the state of transit bus automation technology regarding its availability, capabilities, and limitations.
This report presents the state of transit bus automation technology regarding its availability, capabilities, and limitations.
Title: Considerations Related to Streetcar Reverse-Running Operation Phase: Planning, Design Category: Management Date: July 2023
1. BackgroundDescription of Tempe Streetcar Project - Valley Metro (VM) is responsible for the development and operation of the Phoenix region’s...
This article suggests questions to support the Agency Safety Plan review and update process. It was originally published in the August 2023 issue of the Transit Safety & Oversight Spotlight newsletter.
This issue of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update focuses on Agency Safety Plan (ASP) reviews and updates.