Attention Transit Agencies: The FTA has issued a mandate (General Directive 24-1) requiring all transit agencies under the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) rule to conduct a Safety Risk Assessment on transit worker assaults.
TRA's George Sabol contributed to the study which "tests whether Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) in hot spots of crime reduces property and violent crime in three cities."
TRA's support of state safety oversight (SSO) clients in numerous states has taken different forms over the past four months, but one element has emerged as essential: the virtual audit.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has been working for the past year on developing a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) that effectively addresses safety throughout the organization.