PRESENTER: Presenter
Julie Sitton, Transit Services Coordinator
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SUBJECT: Title
Approval of the New Braunfels Urban Transit District Agency Safety Plan (ASP).
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In compliance with MAP-21 and the FAST Act, The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) promulgated a Public Transportation Safety Program on August 11, 2016, that adopted Safety Management Systems (SMS) as the foundation for developing and implementing a Safety Program.
Safety is a core business function of all public transportation providers and should be systematically applied to every aspect of service delivery.
To ensure the necessary processes are in place to accomplish both enhanced safety at the local level and the goals of the National Public Transportation Safety Plan (NSP), the New Braunfels City Council adopts this Agency Safety Plan (ASP) and the tenets of SMS including a Safety Management Policy and the processes for Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion, per 49 U.S.C. 5329(d)(1)(A). While safety has always been a primary function at the City of New Braunfels, this document lays out a process to fully implement SMS’s that comply with the Public Transit Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) final rule and subsequent updates.
ISSUE:
Ensure safe transit practices
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☒Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☐Organizational Excellence ☐Community Well-Being ☐N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the New Braunfels Urban Transit District Agency Safety Plan