Welcome to the
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.
This webinar was sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation’s Florida Rural Transit Assistance Program. Documentation is mandatory in the process of conducting a Bus Collision Investigation. Accident reports are required by Federal and State laws and are crucial in lawsuit preparations. This webinar will discuss some key issues related to documenting the chain of…
This webinar was sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation’s Florida Rural Transit Assistance Program. Photography is a key component of bus collision investigations. This webinar will address the principles of photography in collision investigation, and how photographic evidence can support written accident/incident reports, corrective action plans and possible lawsuit outcomes. This webinar will also…
Part 1: Surviving COVID-19: Again and again and again The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed our lives in the short term and promises to do so at least until such time as effective treatments and a vaccine are available. It is incumbent upon us to continue to learn as we better understand the virus and its…
Did you miss the Lessons Learned From Lane Transit District’s Service Animal Pilot Program webinar? The recording is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeyuHOr1gmw Learn more about LTD’s Service Animal Program: https://www.ltd.org/latest-news/ltds-receives-national-attention-for/ Service animal requirements and the full Service Animal Pilot Program report can be found at www.LTD.org/animals-on-the-bus/. Organization: CTAA and Lane Transit District (Oregon) Description: Lane Transit District…
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…
September 27, 2016, 2:00pm 3:30pm The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) required the FTA to develop rules to establish a system to monitor and manage public transportation assets to improve safety and increase reliability and performance, and to establish performance measures. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act reaffirmed this…
Join us for a webinar on Mar 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM EDT. This series of webinars is intended to familiarize APTA members with the new Safety Management Systems Manual and its related guidelines to bridge between the System Safety Programs that currently exist to the new FTA model of Safety Management Systems. In this…
March 15, 2016 (11:00am – 12:00pm) This one-hour webinar session will identify the most common areas of concern discovered during the annual review of Florida transit agency drug and alcohol testing programs, performed as part of the MIS data entry verification and acceptance process. Presenter will provide solutions, best practices and technical assistance to ensure…
This session presented the findings from a study conducted to examine rear-end collisions between motorists and public transit buses. This study was initiated because some transit agencies were reporting alarming increases to rear end collisions. The study was designed to fulfill the following objectives: determine if rear-end collisions are increasing; conduct an assessment to ascertain the…
December 5, 2013, 2:00-3:30pm (EST) Description: This webcast will highlight passages and questions of the ANPRM that may be of particular interest to medium and large transit systems. PowerPoint Presentation