PTASP Technical Assistance Forum
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Can a non-front-line person be chosen as a committee member
Can the President of the union be appointed to join the joint safety committee
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - How does the FTA define what "adequately trained" safety officer means?
Bus Transit provider - who is reviewing the Bipartisan Law in order to make adjustments to the existing agency safety plan
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ASP Modifications Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Has your agency modified/amended its Agency Safety Plan to document any new activities or tools it has adopted in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency? If so, what modifications have you made?
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COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Effect on ASP
Due to impacts from the COVID-19 public health emergency, will you need to scale back certain areas of your ASP? If so, which areas?
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ASP Development and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
How has the COVID-19 public health emergency affected your Agency Safety Plan development?
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TAC ASP Review Feedback
If your agency submitted a draft ASP to the TAC for review, what was the most valuable feedback you received?
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Agency Safety Plan Approval Process
What challenges did your agency come across during the Agency Safety Plan approval process and how did you handle them?
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Coordinating with Contractors for ASP Development
If you coordinated with service or maintenance contractors while developing your Agency Safety Plan, what strategies did you use to make the process go smoothly?
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ASP Development
What resources or guidance from FTA’s Technical Assistance Center have been the most helpful in supporting the development of your agency’s Agency Safety Plan?
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ASP Development
Which part of Agency Safety Plan development did your agency find the most challenging, and how did you overcome that challenge?
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Fall Virtual PTASP Workshops
Due to significant interest following the August workshops, FTA will host two more virtual Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Bus Workshops this fall. These two-day workshops will take place on September 29–30 and October 13–14, 2020. Each workshop will focus on the PTASP regulation requirements and provide strategies for completing an Agency Safety Plan (ASP) by the December 31, 2020 deadline.
Register for Workshop 1: September 29–30, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time: https://bit.ly/2FFKmc1
Register for Workshop 2: October 13–14, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time: https://bit.ly/33EnD89
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New TAC Resources Available
FTA has added five new resources to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Resource Library (https://bit.ly/2EQI0pY) to assist transit agencies in developing their Agency Safety Plans:
1. The Safety Performance Targets Fact Sheet (https://bit.ly/3bj0LhZ) contains guidance on how to determine Safety Performance Targets (SPTs).
2. Certifying Compliance with the PTASP Regulation (https://bit.ly/3gJk0SU) discusses what certification means and who must certify, and reviews the who, when, and how of certifying compliance with the PTASP regulation.
3. The Certification Fact Sheet (https://bit.ly/2YTxeqf) explains who must certify and the certification process in the Transit…0 votes -
ASP Development Progress and COVID-19
Has the COVID-19 public health emergency affected the contents of your Agency Safety Plan, and if so, how?
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Bus Contractor's Existing SSPP?
Question: Our agency contracts our bus and paratransit service operations and maintenance to a contractor, and that contractor has an existing System Safety Program Plan (SSPP). Since our agency is the recipient of the FTA funds (not the contractor), can the contractor keep their existing SSPP, and can our new ASP cite/reference sections of the contractor's SSPP?
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Sub-contractors in ASP?
If fixed route and paratransit is provided by a contracted entity, does ASP also need to address sub-contracted companies such as security, janitorial, visiting personnel, etc. If so, do they need a separate section in the ASP?
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How to coordinate ASP and SSEPP
How does FTA anticipate the ASP working together with the System Security and Emergency Preparedness Program Plan (SSEPP)? Can we integrate the SSEPP into the ASP, essentially eliminating it as a document? Alternatively, can we separate safety from security functions and keep two distinct documents?
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Accountable Executive and Board of Directors Approval of State DOT plans
For State Departments of Transportation drafting Agency Safety Plans for small public transportation providers: How do you plan to work with the providers to ensure they get approval from the Accountable Executive and the Board of Directors or an Equivalent Authority?
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Agency Safety Plan Review
What agency departments or functions will participate in the review of your Agency Safety Plan?
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