PTASP Technical Assistance Forum
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Hazard Identification
Which activities and tools are you using for hazard identification? Who at your agency is responsible for this safety risk management step?
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Safety Assurance Question
What are other agencies doing for the Safety Assurance portion of the PTASP? This is the area that is the most unclear as to the requirements after reading the resources posted online. Thanks
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Key Staff SMS Roles and Responsibilities
What SMS roles and responsibilities are you assigning to key staff in your ASP?
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Small Transit Agency Opt-Out Letter Examples
If your small agency has opted to develop your own agency safety plan, would you mind sharing a copy of your opt-out letter to your state department of transportation?
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ASP Development Milestones
Does your agency have milestones for the development of your Agency Safety Plans (ASP) by the July 20, 2020 compliance deadline? If so, what ASP milestones has your transit agency established?
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What happens if we send 2-hour notifications to FTA in excess of the requirements?
Our SSOA requires 2-hour notification for incidents as well as accidents. This requires our Train Dispatchers to determine who to notify depending on what happened and increases the possibility that erroneous 2-hour notifications will be sent to FTA. Will FTA simply ignore notification that don't meet a threshold or will there be other consequences?
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PTASP Requirements
The PTASP has 4 requirements. SMS, Safety Performance Targets, Employee Reporting Program and Comprehensive Training Program. Where would the SRM fall under?
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Is the presence of human waste in transit station elevators reducing accessibility?
Equipment, material selection and initial design will either limit or improve better management of the inevitable introduction of human waste inside transit station elevators. Nasty elevators present a denial of service and accessibility for disabled patrons. Routine equipment and approaches can't prevent, detect or address the problems created by this condition. Elevators are expensive, complex, unique and - without proper design and maintenance - will rapidly deteriorate and fail, resulting in premature replacement.
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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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Monitoring Safety Risk Mitigations
What tools do you use to keep track of safety risk mitigations so you can monitor the mitigations to see if they are effective, appropriate, and implemented as intended? Who, in your agency, is responsible for monitoring safety risk mitigations?
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Second PTASP Notice of Enforcement
In light of the extraordinary challenges presented by the COVID-19 public health emergency, on December 11, 2020 FTA issued a second Notice of Enforcement Discretion for the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation (49 CFR Part 673). FTA will refrain from taking enforcement action until July 21, 2021 for recipients and subrecipients unable to certify compliance with the PTASP regulation. Please visit FTA’s COVID-19 FAQs page for more information about the Notice.
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Safety Event Investigations
During safety event investigations, how will your agency check for organizational factors that may have contributed to the event?
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Safety Communication
What methods does your agency use to communicate safety information to employees and contractors? How do you ensure employees and contractors have received the safety information?
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Internal Safety Reporting Programs
How do you monitor information reported through all of your internal safety reporting programs beyond just the Employee Safety Reporting Program?
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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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