DOT'S HIGHEST PRIORITY AND FTA'S NUMBER ONE GOAL
TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY STATISTICS
Contact: Office of Program Management 202-366-4020
 FTA publishes an annual Safety Management Information System report that compiles and analyzes transit safety and security statistics reported through FTA’s National Transit Database. Safety data includes collisions and non-collisions (derailments, personal casualties, and fire). Security data is based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting System and includes violent crime, property crime, and other offenses. Additional data collection includes highway-rail grade crossing accidents.
SECURITY AUDITS
Contact: Office of Program Management 202-366-4020
The FTA Office of Safety and Security conducts voluntary audits of transit systems’ security functions. Upon request, the Office will review in-place security functions such as communications systems, equipment and technology; fare protection; employee training; crime reporting; coordination with local law enforcement agencies; emergency management procedures; and other key security operations. Recommendations for improvement are based on the concept of “system security” and recognized industry standards and best practices.
NATIONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAM
Contact: Office of Program Management 202-366-4020
The safety and security program addresses a broad range of safety oversight and technical assistance initiatives. In the area of oversight, FTA ensures that recipients of Federal assistance under Sections 5309, 5307 and 5311 have implemented and are administering drug and alcohol testing programs for safety-sensitive employees. The State Safety Oversight program provides oversight of rail fixed guideway operations and the companion security audit activity assesses and recommends corrective actions to lessen a transit system’s vulnerability to serious security problems such as crime and vandalism. Technical assistance is provided through special studies, best practices, recommended guidelines, and safety data analysis that focus on particular safety issues of concern to the transit industry, for example, fatigue management.
FTA provides transit system personnel an opportunity to attend, without charge, 22 different safety focused training courses through financial support of the Transportation Safety Institute (TSI). Training courses include bus and rail system safety, substance abuse management, industrial safety, rail and bus accident investigation, emergency event management, alternative fuels, fatigue management, transit system security and bus operator safety.
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