PTASP Technical Assistance Forum
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Welcome to the FTA’s PTASP Technical Assistance Forum!
Welcome and thank you for accessing the FTA’s PTASP Technical Assistance Forum!
To get the discussion started, FTA would like to know if there are any additional resources that would help your agency in developing its Agency Safety Plan? Please post your comments below!
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Safety Hazard Identification and Safety Risk Assessment
What sources for safety hazard identification did you include in your Agency Safety Plan?
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Terminology confusion
Can you please clarify the difference between PTASP, ASP, and SMS?
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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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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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Safety Performance Target Question
On February 4th, FTA hosted a webinar related to Safety Performance Targets. In the first couple of slides of the presentation, the presenter and the slide stated the fatality performance measure excludes suicides, trespassers, and natural causes. That statement is in conflict with the National Public Transportation Safety Plan footnote 8 which states, “The thresholds for "reportable" fatalities, injuries, and events are defined in the NTD Safety and Security Reporting Manual.”
In the NTD Safety and Security Reporting Manual, there is no exclusion to the fatality definition as stated in this webinar. Please advise if we should listen to the…3 votes -
Are transit agencies required to recertify our ASP in TrAMS each year after it receives Board Approval
Are transit agencies required to recertify our ASP in TrAMS each year after it receives Board Approval
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Safety Risk Management (Hazards vs. Consequences)
What kind of guidance is your agency providing for safety staff to ensure that hazards identified during the Safety Risk Management process are hazards and not consequences?
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Safety Risk Management (Hazard Identification)
What is one takeaway from an FTA workshop, webinar, training or resource that helped you conduct hazard identification at your agency?
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Certification
What types of challenges could potentially delay your agency’s certification of compliance with the PTASP regulation in TrAMS by the December 31 deadline?
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Employee Safety Reporting Program
What method(s) does your agency use for employee safety reporting?
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Contractor Training
Will your agency require SMS training for contractors? If so, what will that training address?
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Safety Training
What kind of safety training courses are you requiring for personnel (including contractors) considered directly responsible for safety?
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Vanpool clarification/assistance
It is my understanding that a vanpool operation that receives 5307 capital funding from the large urban provider is required to have a PTASP or participate in the large urban PTASP. What does that look like? Seems like it's overly burdensome to require a 3 staff agency with volunteer drivers to have something this extensive in place. Are there sample policies out there that are more simplified are more specific to a VP operation?
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Monitoring Safety Risk Mitigations
How will your agency monitor safety risk mitigations?
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