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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Protecting Public Transportation
Operators From the Risk of Assault
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 system. In cases
where transit agencies discover a risk of
operator assault, the PTASP regulation
requires agencies as part of their SMS
processes to develop methods or
processes to identify mitigations or
strategies necessary as a result of the
agency’s safety risk assessment. The
agency would use these methods or
processes to reduce the likelihood and
severity of occurrences of operator
assault, based on the agency’s analysis
of the risk.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information, contact PTASP_
QA@dot.gov. For program matters,
contact Adrianne Malasky, Office of
Transit Safety and Oversight, (202) 366–
1783 or Adrianne.Malasky@dot.gov. For
legal matters, contact Richard Wong,
Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366–4011
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Section
3022(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114–
94) directs FTA to issue a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on
protecting public transportation
operators from the risk of assault.
Section 3022(b) requires that FTA in the
proposed rulemaking consider the
different safety needs of drivers of
different modes, differences in operating
environments, the use of technology to
mitigate driver assault risks, existing
experience, and the impact of the rule
on future rolling stock procurements
and vehicles currently in revenue
service.
The recently promulgated PTASP
regulation, 49 CFR part 673 (83 FR
34418 (July 19, 2018)), addresses the
risk of transit operator assault and
makes issuing a separate NPRM on this
subject unnecessary. The PTASP
regulation requires transit agencies to
develop and implement SMS processes,
which include identifying safety
hazards, assessing the related safety
risks, and then establishing methods of
risk mitigation. Through these
processes, transit agencies may discover
various safety needs of transit workers,
such as the risk of operator assault,
based on their specific operating
environments. Where instances of
operator assault are identified, transit
agencies should, as required by the
PTASP regulation, take steps to identify
mitigations or strategies necessary to
reduce the likelihood and severity of
occurrences of operator assault. The
PTASP regulation itself is not included
in this notice; an electronic version may
be found on FTA’s website at
www.transit.dot.gov/PTASP.
In adopting SMS processes as part of
the PTASP regulation, FTA took into
account considerations consistent with
Section 3022(b) of the FAST Act,
because SMS requires steps tailored to
the needs of each operating
environment. The preamble to the
PTASP regulation referenced future
regulatory activities to address transit
operator assault. After considering
alternatives, FTA has determined that
the PTASP regulation is the best
approach to achieving the statutory
objective of protecting public
transportation operators from the risk of
assault, and that any additional
rulemaking would be redundant. This
document also serves to provide notice
of the termination of the associated
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Regulatory Identification Number for
the NPRM, 2132–AB30.
K. Jane Williams,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Protecting Public Transportation Operators From the Risk of
Assault
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 system. In cases where
transit agencies discover a risk of operator assault, the PTASP
regulation requires agencies as part of their SMS processes to develop
methods or processes to identify mitigations or strategies necessary as
a result of the agency's safety risk assessment. The agency would use
these methods or processes to reduce the likelihood and severity of
occurrences of operator assault, based on the agency's analysis of the
risk.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact
[email protected]. For program matters, contact Adrianne Malasky, Office
of Transit Safety and Oversight, (202) 366-1783 or
[email protected]. For legal matters, contact Richard Wong,
Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366-4011 or [email protected]. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3022(a) of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94) directs FTA to issue
a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on protecting public
transportation operators from the risk of assault. Section 3022(b)
requires that FTA in the proposed rulemaking consider the different
safety needs of drivers of different modes, differences in operating
environments, the use of technology to mitigate driver assault risks,
existing experience, and the impact of the rule on future rolling stock
procurements and vehicles currently in revenue service.
The recently promulgated PTASP regulation, 49 CFR part 673 (83 FR
34418 (July 19, 2018)), addresses the risk of transit operator assault
and makes issuing a separate NPRM on this subject unnecessary. The
PTASP regulation requires transit agencies to develop and implement SMS
processes, which include identifying safety hazards, assessing the
related safety risks, and then establishing methods of risk mitigation.
Through these processes, transit agencies may discover various safety
needs of transit workers, such as the risk of operator assault, based
on their specific operating environments. Where instances of operator
assault are identified, transit agencies should, as required by the
PTASP regulation, take steps to identify mitigations or strategies
necessary to reduce the likelihood and severity of occurrences of
operator assault. The PTASP regulation itself is not included in this
notice; an electronic version may be found on FTA's website at
www.transit.dot.gov/PTASP.
In adopting SMS processes as part of the PTASP regulation, FTA took
into account considerations consistent with Section 3022(b) of the FAST
Act, because SMS requires steps tailored to the needs of each operating
environment. The preamble to the PTASP regulation referenced future
regulatory activities to address transit operator assault. After
considering alternatives, FTA has determined that the PTASP regulation
is the best approach to achieving the statutory objective of protecting
public transportation operators from the risk of assault, and that any
additional rulemaking would be redundant. This document also serves to
provide notice of the termination of the associated Regulatory
Identification Number for the NPRM, 2132-AB30.
K. Jane Williams,
Acting Administrator.
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