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The Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight is a monthly newsletter about safety and oversight topics, events, training and guidance that affect the public transportation industry.
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SMS Techniques for Monitoring Operations and Maintenance Procedures
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation requires each applicable transit agency to “monitor its system for compliance with, and sufficiency of, the agency's procedures for operations and maintenance” (49 CFR 673.27(b)(1)). This article reviews practices for monitoring compliance with and sufficiency of operations and maintenance procedures and gives examples of how transit agencies integrate this information into their Safety Management Systems (SMS).
FTA Publishes Research on Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection
FTA published a Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) research report to address the safety risks of roadway workers performing tasks on and adjacent to rail tracks. The RWP research report also provides tools that rail transit agencies can use to address these risks.
Data Spotlight: “Other” Major Safety Events, January 2017—October 2021
Reviewing the national safety data presented in this article may help transit agencies analyze safety hazards in their systems, as well as establish Safety Performance Targets as a part of an ASP. This month’s spotlight covers National Transit Database data for “other” safety events from January 2017 to October 2021.
FTA Employee Spotlight: Gibran Abifadel
Each month we highlight an FTA Safety and Oversight Employee, so you can learn more about what we do and who we are. Read the full article in the newsletter for the spotlight profile.
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Registration is open for Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) safety training courses for transit personnel. These courses also support FTA grantees subject to the PTSCTP regulation with initial training and refresher training requirements. The FY2022 TSI Training Schedule is also available. All rail PTSCTP courses will be delivered virtually.
The availability of in-person TSI courses depends on each host’s local guidance. Please contact TSI at TSI@dot.gov or 405-954-3682 for more information. TSI can verify the status of scheduled courses and assist with any other course-related questions.
The National Transit Institute (NTI) offers virtual Assault Awareness and Prevention (AAP) and Violence in the Transit Workplace (VTW) courses. The AAP and VTW courses support the FTA Enhanced Transit Safety and Crime Prevention Initiative to provide information and resources to help transit agencies address and prevent crime on their systems and protect transit workers and riders. To participate in these free courses, complete the quick self-registration. Please contact NTI at 848-932-1700 or nti_info@nti.rutgers.edu with any questions. For questions about FTA safety training offerings, please contact FTASafetyPromotion@dot.gov.
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