Title
Adoption of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
Overview
The Federal Transit Administration published the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulation, 49 CFR Part 673, on July 19, 2018, which took effect the following year, on July 19, 2019. Within this regulation, it is required that every agency receiving funds under the Urbanized Area Formula Program (49 USC Section 5307) must develop, and have adopted by the Board of Directors, a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan for its transit system. The original due date for adoption was July 20, 2020 but has since been extended by the Federal Transit Administration to December 31, 2020. As part of the regulation, agencies are to implement a Safety Management System risk-based approach.
Recommendation(s)
Adopt the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan as required under 49 CFR Part 673.