{"id":8393,"date":"2023-04-21T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2023-04-21T18:04:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T23:04:02","slug":"fta-proposes-new-requirements-to-improve-transit-worker-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-proposes-new-requirements-to-improve-transit-worker-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA Proposes New Requirements to Improve Transit Worker Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
Published on: <\/strong><\/em>April 21, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n To protect transit workers and the traveling public, FTA is proposing new safety requirements authorized under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law<\/a>. FTA is seeking public comments on its proposed requirements, which are part of updates to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP)<\/a> regulation, which strengthens safety policies, procedures and practices in the transit industry.<\/p>\n A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on the PTASP webpage<\/a> today and will be published in the Federal Register next week. Some requirements only apply to transit agencies serving large urbanized areas, and include:<\/p>\n The proposed rule also incorporates the statutory requirement that transit agencies serving small urbanized areas develop their agency safety plans in cooperation with frontline transit worker representatives.<\/p>\n The public will have 60 days to submit comments on the PTASP NPRM upon publication. More information about the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Links: Read the new requirements here. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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\nProposed changes to PTASP requirements<\/a>
\nPublic Transportation Agency Safety Plans<\/a>
\nBipartisan Infrastructure Law<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"