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.
The objective of this synthesis is to provide transit agencies with information about transit bus operator distraction policies and outcomes to aid them in developing their own policies and programs to address and prevent distracted driving incidents. Transit bus operations continue to be an increasingly “distracted” occupation, based on a variety of conditions, and further…
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…
This webcast provides an overview of the recently completed Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 97 report Improving Bus Transit Safety Through Rewards and Discipline – A Synthesis of Transit Practice. The webcast presentation addresses current practices and experiences of public transit agencies in applying both corrective actions and rewards to recognize, motivate, and reinforce…
This report presents a framework for transit agencies to use for prioritizing capital asset rehabilitation and replacement decisions. By applying this framework, a decision maker can answer questions about asset rehabilitation and replacement investment decisions. View Report