Transportation partners

• American Public Transit Association
• California Transit Association
• California Association for Coordinated Transportation
• Community Transportation Association of America
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• Federal Transit Administration Regional Offices
• Local Technical Assistance Program
• Mult-State Technical Assistance Program
• National Rural Transit Assistance Program
• State Departments of Transportation
• U.S. Department of Transportation

 

SECURITY SAFETY OTHER RESOURCES

STATE RESOURCES

California Department of Transportation

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/Safety_Security.html

California Governor's Office of Homeland Security

http://www.ohs.ca.gov

California Governor's Office of Homeland Security

http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OEFHome.nsf/1?OpenForm

Florida State DOT Guide to Bus Safety & Security Programs

Florida DOT and MTAP Transit Bus Safety Resource Guide

   http://www.cutr.usf.edu/bussafety

FEDERAL RESOURCE

FTA Resources for Bus Safety & Security Programs

http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov

http://www.fta.dot.gov/index/sitemap.html

FEMA-Federal Emergency Management Agency

http://www.fema.gov

OTHER NATIONWIDE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION RESOURCES

APTA RESOURCES

Contact: Greg Hull, Director of Operations, Safety and Security Programs
ghull@apta.com 202-496-4815

APTA Bus Safety Committee

http://www.apta.com/about/committees/bussafe/

This site include an emergency response planning and system security checklist as well as valuable information on rail and buses.

CTAA Resources

Contact: Chris Zeilinger
Zeilinger@ctaa.org
(202)661-0217

CTAA Training and Safety Review Program

http://www.ctaa.org/training/safety

This site includes a wealth of information on rail and buses as well as CTAA's Commmunity Transportation and training and Safety Review Program. The CTAA's program addresses issues relating to improving safety and training and addresses rural transit provider, paratransit and human services transportation agencies issues.

OTHER AGENCY & TRANSIT POOL RESOURCES

Washington State Transportation Training Coalition

www.wsttc.org

This WSTTC offers some safety training as well as accident investigations.

NATIONAL TRAINING COURSES

National Training Institute at Rutgers University

http://www.ntionline.com/

(732)932-1700

Transportation Safety Institute

www.tsi.dot.ca.gov

This site provide important information transit security and emergency preparedness as well NTI classes around the country. This is a must see site.

NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

The Transportation Research Board site has a comprehensive list of TCRP and NCHRP project reports on safety and security. More information is available at:

http://gulliver.trb.org

FTA Model transit Bus Safety and Security Program: Memorandum of Understanding(PDF).