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Safety Performance Measures
The PTASP requires agencies to provide four safety performance measures to FTA. One of the measures is safety events. What does FTA considerer a safety event? And should agencies also add injuries and fatalities to this figure since they are events that occur within the operating system.
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Management of Change
How does your agency evaluate whether planned changes present safety concerns?
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Template
This seems like an obvious question but I've looked and can't seem to find the answer. Is there a template that is able to be filled out via my computer? As in, not printed and then written in?
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What is the definition of a close call?
What is the definition of a close call for a bus-only system?
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Safety Performance Monitoring and Measurement
How does your agency know that your safety risk mitigations are working as intended?
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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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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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What system reliability performance measures are required for rail transit agencies?
The National Public Transportation Safety Plan only mentions vehicles when describing the system reliability performance measure. Are transit agencies only required to include vehicle reliability in their system reliability performance measure?
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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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Chief Safety Officer
Some transit agencies do not have a designated safety department. Who will serve as the Chief Safety Officer or SMS Executive in your agency?
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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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I am interested in knowing what data systems are being used at transit agencies to track and risk rank incidents and accidents?
The PTASP requires assessing risks and having good data our existing systems could be improved. Would like to know what solutions others are using. considik@trimet.org
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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
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