Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS) Meeting Agenda July 21-22, 2020 Day 1 Bridget Zamperini Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 1
Introduction & Welcome Bridget Zamperini TRACS Program Manager 2
Conference Roll Call 1. Acting Chairperson: Pamela Fischhaber, PhD, Chief, Rail/Transit Safety, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Denver, CO 2. Scott A. Sauer, Assistant GM, Operations, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philly, PA 3. Herman Bernal, State Safety Oversight (SSO) Manager, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Phoenix, AZ 4. Ronald Nickle, Former Chief Safety Officer, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA), Boston, MA 5. Victor B. Wiley, Former Chief Safety Officer, Memphis Area Transit Authority, Memphis, TN 6. Elayne Berry, Former Assistant GM Management of Safety and Quality Assurance, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, GA 7. James Hickey, Former SSO Program Manager, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Chicago IL 8. Eric Muntan, Chief, Office of Safety and Security, Miami-Dade Transit, Miami, FL 9. Brian Sherlock, Safety Specialist, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Silver Spring, MD 10.Joyce Rose, Principal Consultant, Transit and Rail Safety, WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff, Baltimore, MD 11.David Harris, Transit and Rail Division Director, New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), Santa Fe, NM 12.Karen E. Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 13.Jeffrey Lau, Chief Safety Officer, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco, CA 3
TRACS Meeting Objectives & Activities March 2019 September 2019 February 2020 July 2020 September 2020 5 3 4 1 2 Craft Review of Gather Narrow Task Recommendations T echnologies Final Report Information Focus & Gain Consensus & Processes • Narrow Task Focus Objectives: • Objectives: • Objectives: • Objectives: • Objectives: • Identify key • Refine • Submit • Assess emerging • Identify 3 safety takeaways from recommendations recommendations technologies and focus areas in each of the literature reviews and supporting processes against • Identify technical • Identify evidence three safety focus evaluation criteria evaluation areas information gaps • Gain consensus (from 1st meeting) criteria (vote) • Assess Industry • Activities: Posture • Activities: • Subcommittee • Activities: • Breakout presentations • Subcommittee • Activities: sessions • Subcommittee presentations • Subcommittee • Large group discussions • Large group discussions discussions discussions • Large group • Large group • Safety data discussions discussions presentations • SME • SME presentations • Safety focus area presentations presentations Ongoing subcommittee activities and leadership planning meetings - all phases 4
Conference Agenda – Day 1 Times Session Activity 11:00 a.m. – Conference Kick-off – Bridget Zamperini, Safety and Security Specialist 11:05 a.m. EDT FTA Update and Administrator Introduction – Henrika Buchanan, Associate 11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT Administrator, Office of Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer 11:15 a.m. – FTA Welcoming Remarks – K. Jane Williams, Acting Administrator 11:45 a.m. EDT 11:45 a.m. – Conference Introductions – Candace Key, Director, Office of System Safety 12:00 p.m. EDT Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) Recommendations Presentations (8 total) 12:00 p.m. – • 12:40 p.m. EDT Estimate 5 minutes for each presentation 12:40 p.m. – RWP Recommendations Discussion 1:50 p.m. EDT 1:50 p.m. – Break (Lunch) 2:10 p.m. EDT 2:10p.m. – RWP Recommendations Discussion (continued) 3:20 p.m. EDT 3:20 p.m. – Public Comments 3:35 p.m. EDT 5
Conference Agenda – Day 1 (continued) Times Session Activity 3:35p.m. – Vote of Approval on RWP Recommendations 3:40 p.m. EDT Employee Safety Reporting (ESR) Recommendations Presentations (4 total) 3:40 p.m. – • 4:00 p.m. EDT Estimate 5 minutes for each presentation 4:00 p.m. – ESR Recommendations Discussion 4:40 p.m. EDT 4:40 p.m. – Break 4:55 p.m. EDT 4:55 p.m. – ESR Recommendations Discussion (continued) 5:35 p.m. EDT 5:35 p.m. – Public Comments 5:50 p.m. EDT 5:50 p.m. – Vote of Approval on ESR Recommendations 5:55 p.m. EDT 5:55 p.m. – Close of Business 6:00 p.m. EDT Adjourn 6:00 p.m. EDT 6
Meeting Protocol Manage Audio Manage Webcams • If you are not speaking, please remain on • Please do not share your webcam; too mute. many active webcams will overload the bandwidth and lead to technical glitches. Raise Your Hand Announce Yourself If you would like to speak, please use the • “Raise Hand” feature in Adobe Connect • When you start speaking, please identify (see screenshot below). Contract support yourself. and FTA Facilitators will be monitoring • Contract support will also help announce hand-raising to identify speakers. speakers by calling on individuals using the “Raise Hand” feature in Adobe Connect. Avoid Multi-Tasking T o stay engaged in the conversation, please • try to avoid multi-tasking as much as possible by closing non-essential windows and programs. If appropriate, you can also choose to turn off push notifications on your phone to help avoid distractions. 7
FTA Update and Administrator Introduction Henrika Buchanan Associate Administrator, Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, Chief Safety Officer 8
Welcoming Remarks K. Jane Williams Acting Administrator, FTA 9
Office Updates and Conference Support Introductions Designated Federal Official : Henrika Buchanan Associate Administrator, Office of Transit Safety and Oversight FTA Facilitation : Bridget Zamperini TRACS Program Manager Additional Conference Support : Candace Key Guidehouse Director, Office of System Safety 10
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. EDT RWP RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTATIONS 11
RWP Recommendation Presentations # Recommendation Presenter Minimum RWP Safety Requirements as the Basis for Secondary Warning 1 Paul K. Systems 2 Behavior-Based Safety Systems for RWP Paul K. Fatigue Management for Maintenance, Controller, and other Non-Operating 3 Paul K. Personnel 4 Funding for Research and Implementation of New Systems and T echnology Pam F. 5 Require Use of Secondary Warning Systems Pam F. 6 Development of Risk-Based Safety Metrics Including Leading Indicators Pam F. Research and Create Guidance on Cognitive Workload and Distraction of 7 Pam F. Light Rail Transit (LRT) Operators Using RWP T echnology in Operators Car 8 Develop RWP Safety T echnology Reliability Criteria Paul K. 12
RWP Subcommittee Recommendation #1 The Committee recommends that FTA develop minimum safety RWP rules/requirements as primary protections and to assist with implementation of any secondary RWP safety systems. Technical Evaluation Key Takeaways Information Gaps Additional Justification Criteria T echnologies are available that Adequacy of primary Five secondary system Roadway workers experience are designed to address and protections. Susceptibility of technologies were identified an inordinate number of complement the National secondary systems to failure, that were in use, either fatalities, and are distinguished Transportation Safety Board and how they can provide operationally or in testing, but from other employees and the (NTSB), FTA, the American Public truly additional independent experience with these public in that they are required Transportation Association layers of protection to the applications need to be to be in the track area, thus (APTA), and the California Public primary protections for each identified and results made ethically deserving a greater Utilities Commission use-case. For any technology available to rail transit agencies mandate for addressing their recommendations, guidance, to be cost-effective, it first (RTAs), who then can learn safety. NTSB has issued at least standards, and regulations. Each must be effective - by from them and then adapt them 13 different recommendations application should be tailored to providing redundancy and by to their particular use cases. since 2008. how it will be used to add not introducing complacency NTSB investigations and redundancy to the primary or new opportunities for recommendations are available protections (see Transportation failure. for further research and safety T echnology Center, Inc. use-case assurance. 13 survey/analysis).
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