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TWC Presentation at FTA National Safety Standards Committee

Posted February 2022

Last week, ITLC Executive Director Jack Clark attended a meeting of the FTA National Safety Standards Committee, convened on behalf of FTA by the Center for Urban Transit Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida.

Also in attendance were chief safety officers from some very large and mid-sized agencies: BART, MARTA, LA Metro, MBTA, SEPTA, Port Authority, Capital Metro, Broward County (FL), Memphis. FTA officials, academics, labor representatives, and APTA staff were also at the committee meeting.

On Thursday, February 16, Jack Clark gave a presentation to the committee on the Transit Workforce Center (TWC), FTA’s technical assistance center operated by the ITLC. Mr. Clark described the TWC’s goals and key areas of work along with the services that the TWC is providing to the industry now and those that are in development for the future.

While the National Safety Standards Committee meeting was in progress, the ITLC released a report on providing training through the ZEB procurement process. Through CUTR staff, the report was shared with the entire group. There was a lot of interest in building better language on training into procurement. This group also wants to see procurement language that builds in basic safety standards.