Department of Planning & Growth Management

VanGO Agency Safety Plan/Safety

Management System Plan

February 4, 2020

Presenters:

Deborah Carpenter, Director

Jeffry Barnett, Chief of Transit

Background

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

recognized lack of safety oversight and risk

mitigation at many transit agencies

• Published Final Rule on July 19, 2019 in 49

CFR Part 673; Public Transportation Agency

Safety Plans

• Requires federally compliant plan to be

implemented by July 20, 2020

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Safety Plan Highlights

• Create a Safety Management Policy

Statement

• Establish Safety Performance Targets

• Establish an Employee Safety Reporting

Program

• Clearly defined safety risk mitigation

procedures

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FTA Pilot Project

• Charles, Frederick and Montgomery

Counties selected by FTA to participate in

their pilot project

• Completed plans will be used nationally as

templates for similar size transit agencies

• Our plan was approved by their technical

advisory committee on January 15th and is

considered fully compliant

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Next Steps• Requires Board of County

Commissioners approval

• Must be signed by President of

County Commissioners and Chief of

Transit

• Requires retention of any records

related to the safety process for three

years

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Presented By:

Charles County Government

Department of Planning & Growth Management 301-934-0102 • barnettj@charlescountymd.gov

200 Baltimore Street

La Plata, MD 20646

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