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Florida Transit Safety and Operations Network (FTSON)
The purpose is to provide resources and a platform for discussion of safety and operational challenges, opportunities, and initiatives impacting public transportation providers in Florida.
Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) have the potential for improving transportation system safety including the safety of transit vehicles and pedestrians. Recognizing the importance of improving the safety performance of transit services, FDOT in collaboration with the MiamiDade County Public Work Department has initiated this research project to evaluate the effectiveness of Mobileye Collision Avoidance Systems…
General Bill by Beltran (CO-SPONSORS) Hattersley Assaults on Specified Persons: Requires public transit providers to post specified sign concerning assaulting transit operators; requires public transit providers to create & implement risk reduction program; revises reclassification of offense of assault on specified persons. Effective Date: October 1, 2020 Last Event: 1st Reading on Tuesday, January 14,…
This notice alerts transit agencies to the need to address the risk of transit operator assault when identified through the processes required under the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) regulation. The PTASP regulation requires transit agencies to develop and implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) and associated processes for all elements of a public transportation…
HART Leads First Statewide Safety & Security Symposium Transit agencies and safety experts from across the country are gathering in Tampa to discuss transit safety & security TAMPA, FLA. – The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) is gathering national safety experts and transit peers from across the country for the first statewide Transit Safety &…
TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 127: Addressing Difficult Customer Situations considers issues surrounding difficult customers or passengers and the variety of circumstances that can arise when they utilize transit system facilities or vehicles. The report identifies current practices used by transit agencies to prevent, prepare for, and deal with these incidents. View the…
In response to increased industry interest, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that the National Online Dialogue to address the problem of transit worker assaults will remain open until Wednesday, August 31. The National Online Dialogue presents stakeholders with an opportunity to help FTA identify risk control strategies, impediments to a safe workplace, and…
Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS): 14-01 Report Preventing and Mitigating Transit Worker Assaults in the Bus and Rail Transit Industry
Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) Issue Paper: Stopping Violence Against Transit Operators View Article
The prevalence of assaults on the bus, whether directed toward the transit operator or on-board customers, has increased to alarming levels. Fare challenges tend to be a tipping point for disputes that escalate, so what can we do in training and fare policy? What insights can we gain from a behavioral-based model? How do training,…
This webcast provides an overview of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 93 report Practices to Protect Bus Operators from Passenger Assaults. Download a PDF copy of the presentation and the TCRP Synthesis 93 final report. Presenters: Yuko Nakanishi, Principal and Founder, Nakanishi Research and Consulting, LLC and Lieutenant William Fleming, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority View…