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2025 Updated Public Transportation Agency Safety Performance Measures and Targets
Crystal Odum, MPO Staff
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On July 19, 2018, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule, which requires certain operators of public transportation systems that receive federal funds under the FTA's Urbanized Area Formula Grants to develop safety plans that include the processes and procedures to implement Safety Management Systems (SMS). The rule applies to all operators of public transportation systems that are recipients and sub-recipients of federal financial assistance under the Urbanized Area Formula Program (49 U.S.C. ? 5307) and all rail transit operator recipients. Agencies are required to have a certified Agency Safety Plan that meets statutory requirements no later than July 20, 2021, which includes safety performance targets, and sharing targets with their MPO and State. In 2021, regional transit agencies GoTriangle, GoRaleigh/City of Raleigh, GoCary/Town of Cary and GoWakeAccess/Wake County each certified and adopted agency safety plans and initial agency performance measures and targets for fatalities, injuries, safety events and system reliability.
On May 19, 2021, the CAMPO Executive Board adopted initial regional safety measures and targets recommended by CAMPO staff. The providers annually update the plans and goals as needed and per regulations. CAMPO staff meets biannually with transit providers and NCDOT IMD. Per 23 C.F.R. ? 450.306, the MPO set initial regional performance targets for each performance measure which are updated every four years to align with the MPO's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) adoption.
In April 2024, FTA published the first major update to the PTASP regulation. These updates are part of a continuing effort to improve transit safety performance on federally supported transit systems, and PTASP is the first rule finalized by FTA under Infrastructure ...
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