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Toolbox for Transit Event Investigation
Florida DOT Project Manager: Mike Johnson
Developed with funding from the National Center for Transit Research and the Florida Department of
Transportation by the Center for Urban Transportation ResearchUniversity of South Florida
Project Staff: Deborah Sapper & Amber ReepMTAP Austin, TXNovember 2007
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Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox
Purpose:
•The Toolbox provides transit systems with procedures, guidelines, and best practices for conducting transit incident investigations.
•Oriented toward small, medium, rural transit systems, but useful/adaptable for large urban systems
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Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox
• The Toolbox does not replace existing federally offered training courses, but is intended to assist transit systems in implementing and complying with State and/or Federal requirements for conducting incident investigations.
• It is also intended to support the FTA’s Model Bus Safety Program core element regarding safety data acquisition and analysis.
• Conducted case studies, site visits for transit systems to acquire best practices, procedures, guidelines
• North Carolina, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Washington, Florida
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Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox
• Contents:
• DVD 42 minute step by step training video
• Pocket Guide with overview of responsibilities, procedures, and guidelines
• FTA - TSI “Guidelines for Recordability”
• Sample Forms, Reports, Checklists, Field Sketches, etc.
• Bus Incident, Reporting, Tracking and Analysis System
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Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox Contents
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Pocket guide
Provides transit systems a quick reference with guidance, procedures and best practices for conducting transit incident investigations.
Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox
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Transportation Safety Institute (TSI)
Guidelines to Determine Collision and Incident Recordability
Developed to assist transit agencies in
determining recordability/preventability
of collisions and incidents, based on
a high standard of defensive driving.
Provides a series of situations and incident scenarios along with examples for actions that would make an incident recordable.
Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox
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Incident Reporting, Tracking, Analysis System Database- Enter incident data into a standardized form, run queries, view reports- Analyze and report common trends in incident data over time
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Training VideoThe 42-minute training video provides guidance for
conducting an incident investigation.Topics covered:
• Vehicle Fires• Event Data Recorders• Interviews• Drug And Alcohol Testing• Incident Review Boards• Police Reports• Grading Systems• Guidance For
Recordability
• Evidence Collection• Tire Marks • Skids• Fluids• Contact And Induced
Damage• Exterior And Interior
Damage• Photographs• Field Sketching
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Video and Toolbox are available for download on the
Transit Bus Safety Resource Guide Website
www.cutr.usf.edu/bussafety
Further Information:
Mike Johnson [email protected]
Debbie Sapper [email protected]
Thank You……..Questions
Bus Transit Event Investigation Toolbox