Improving safety-related rules compliance in the public transportation industry / Judith Gertler ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gertler, Judith B.

National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.

Transit Cooperative Research Program.

United States. Federal Transit Administration.

Transit Development Corporation.

Series:

Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) ; 149.

TCRP report, 1073-4872 ; 149

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local transit--United States--Safety measures.

Local transit.

Transportation--United States--Safety measures.

Transportation.

Industrial safety.

United States.

Genre:

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

116 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2011.

Summary:

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 149: Improving Safety-Related Rules Compliance in the Public Transportation Industry identifies potential best practices for all of the elements of a comprehensive approach to safety-related rules compliance. The categories of best practices, which correspond to the elements of a safety-related rules compliance program, include screening and selecting employees, training and testing, communication, monitoring rules compliance, responding to noncompliance, and safety management. The report also outlines the features of a prototype safety reporting system for public transportation.

Contents:

Introduction

Understanding rules noncompliance

Classifying noncompliance

Best practices you can use

Safety reporting system best practices

References

Appendices.

Notes:

At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-69).

ISBN:

9780309213554

030921355X

OCLC:

765335501