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Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide
"Recent events have focused renewed attention on the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructure to major events, including terrorism. The Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide has been prepared to support the activities of public transportation systems to plan for and respond to major security threats and emergencies. It emphasizes the importance of developing critical relationships, preparing strategies and policies, and setting training and funding priorities. It offers practical guidance for planning effectively, spending wisely, and making the public transportation infrastructure safer. This Guide builds on a previous Federal Transit Administration (FTA) publication, the Transit System Security Program Planning Guide. This earlier publication is available on the Guide CD-ROM. This Guide is based on research to identify practical steps that systems can take to be better prepared for all emergencies. These recommendations support the industry's commitment to prevent those events that can be prevented and to minimize the impact of those that cannot. Emphasizing balanced, common sense measures, this Guide helps transportation systems answer many questions."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
Boyd, M. Annabelle; Balog, John N.; Caton, James E.
2003-01
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Standard Protocols for Managing Security Incidents Involving Surface Transit Vehicles
In light of recent events involving anthrax-tainted mail, and repeated suicide bomb attacks on buses in the Middle-East, it is important that Transit Operators and Bus Dispatch/Control Center personnel be vigilant in preparing for, and understanding how, terrorists might attack their system. Transit vehicles are ideal targets for explosives. Although some types of transit vehicles are less optimal targets for chemical or biological attack, in light of the broad scope of the general threat to transit, it is vital that appropriate response procedures be in place to adequately respond to such incidents and minimize their effects. These protocols are mainly focused on the transit vehicle operator. However, the information provided also may apply to Transit Operations in general, including maintenance and service personnel, yard supervisors, and management.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2002-08
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Critical Incident Management Guidelines [Final Report, July 1998]
The public transportation network in the United States includes 508 bus and rail agencies and 15 commuter railroads providing 22 million trips daily, 8 billion trips annually. These agencies employ almost 300,000 people and provide approximately 41 billion passenger miles of travel, about half byrail and half by non-rail service. Emergencies and disasters, whether they occur at transit agencies or in the communities they serve, threaten public transportation's ability to provide practical assistance to transit personnel with responsibility for planning, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters. Definitions and characteristics of these events and their impact on organizations and systems are provided. The evolution of emergency management in the transit environment is described,and specific emergency management tools are explained. These guidelines provide a detailed discussion of transit and community activities necessary to support emergency preparedness, mitigation, response,and recovery efforts.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
1998-07
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Federal Transit Administration: Rail Modernization Study: Report to Congress, April 2009
The report assesses the level of capital investment required to attain and maintain a state of good repair (SGR) for the Nation's seven largest rail transit operators. The study estimates the total value of the existing backlog of over-age assets at these agencies. It also considers reinvestment needs within the context of past levels of Federal funding support as well as potential changes to the current Federal program.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2009-04
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Sensitive Security Information (SSI): Designation, Markings, and Control: Resource Document for Transit Agencies
"This guidance document addresses sensitive security information (SSI) for transit agencies. SSI is information about security, operations, facilities, or other assets or capital projects whose disclosure would be detrimental to the security of transit employees or customers. By law, transit agencies are required to categorize and protect SSI. Protecting SSI means restricting its distribution and controlling access to it. By law, SSI is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or state 'Sunshine Laws.' It is also not available under discovery in civil litigation, and it is not required to be part of the record in a federal rulemaking. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has based the guidance in this document on the regulations in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 15 and 1520. Its purpose is to help transit agencies prevent the unauthorized disclosure or dissemination of SSI while preserving the public's 'right to know' about transit systems and operations. Transit agencies can use this guidance as a resource in developing policies and procedures for identifying, marking, and handling SSI in order to control access to it. To the extent practical, agencies should integrate the designation, marking, and handling of SSI into their existing security procedures."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2009-03
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Federal Transit Administration Transit Threat Level Response Recommendation
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has developed a National Transit Response Model that supports the initiatives of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS). The plan is a guide for the FTA's response to the OHS Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). The Transit Threat Level Response Recommendation, in turn, provides guidance to the U.S. transit industry in responding to the various OHS threat level designations.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2003-01
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Top 20 Security Program Action Items for Transit Agencies
The following Action Items identify the most important elements that transit agencies should incorporate into their System Security Program Plans. These top twenty (20) items are based on good security practices identified through FTA's Security Assessments and Technical Assistance provided to the largest transit agencies. Specific information on these elements may be found in FTA's Transit System Security Program Planning Guide. FTA is working with transit agencies to encourage them to incorporate these practices into their programs.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2003-06
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Introduction to All-Hazards Preparedness for Transit Agencies
"Over the past few years, the term ―all-hazards has appeared in a variety of contexts in many federal documents, including homeland security presidential directives, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Preparedness Guidelines (NPG). To date, none of these documents has provided a succinct definition for the term ―all hazard that is appropriate for transit agencies. Rather, the term has been used in the general context of planning and preparing for responses to security incidents, natural disasters, and other emergencies. This resource document provides a definition and explanation of all-hazards preparedness for transit agencies that expands on, and is consistent with, the national guidance on all-hazards preparedness presented in the NPG. The expansion of all-hazards preparedness for transit agencies adds safety accidents and criminal activities to the list of emergencies to be considered. More importantly, it includes a higher-level analysis of the results of safety, security, and emergency management assessments to prioritize actions for the integrated and comprehensive control of risks."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2010-05
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1999 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance
"This document is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge and transit finance, physical conditions, operational performance, and future investment requirements. This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and finance data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators, to provide a national level summary. Some of these underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment requirements analyses are developed specifically for this document and provide national level projections only. The Department does not project future investment requirements for individual States or localities. Section 5102 of TEA-21 designated the highway and bridge portion of this document as the Infrastructure Investment Needs Report, and required several changes in the content. This edition of the report has responded to these requirements by adding estimates of the current backlog of cost-beneficial highway and bridge projects, and adding a table to each chapter that directly compares the key statistics from the current report with those from the 1997 edition. An investment requirements scenario showing the costs of maintaining the physical conditions of the highway system has been added, to improve comparability of this report to the 1993 and 1995 versions and to the bridge and transit investment requirements scenarios."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2000-05-02
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2006 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance
"This document is intended to provide decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based both on the current state of these systems and on the projected future state of these systems under a set of alternative future investment scenarios. This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This C&P report consolidates conditions, performance, and financial data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators to provide a national-level summary. Some of the underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment scenario analyses are developed specifically for this report and provide national-level projections only. The report begins with a Highlights section that lists key findings, focusing mainly on changes in various indicators since 1997, the last year prior to the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which authorized Federal highway and transit funding for the period 1998 through 2003. This is followed by an Executive Summary that highlights the key findings in each individual chapter. These sections will also be distributed as a separate stand-alone summary document."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2007-01-22
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2002 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance
"This is the first Conditions and Performance Report that begins to capture the effects of investment in highways, bridges and transit undertaken since the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in 1998. Based on data for 2000, the report also reflects enhancements in ongoing work by the Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administrations to improve the estimation of the conditions and performance of highways, bridges and transit and to forecast the future investment that will be required to maintain and improve this transportation infrastructure. Since TEA-21 was enacted, combined investment by all levels of government in highway infrastructure has increased sharply. Total highway expenditures by Federal, State and local governments increased by 25.0 percent between 1997 and 2000. This equates to 14.4 percent increase in constant dollar terms. Highway capital spending alone rose to $64.6 billion in 2000, a 33.7 percent increase over 1997. The increased Federal funding levels for highway capital investment under TEA-21 through 2000 have been matched and exceeded by increases in State and local investment. Taken as a whole, State and local governments did not simply substitute Federal funds for their own during this robust economic period. Instead, they poured billions of additional dollars into transportation projects beyond the minimum increases necessary to meet Federal matching requirements. As a result, the State and locally-funded share of highway capital investment increased from 1997 to 2000."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2002
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2004 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance
"This document is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, financing mechanisms, and future investment requirements of highways, bridges, and transit systems. This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and finance data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators to provide a national-level summary. Some of the underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment requirements analyses are developed specifically for this report and provide national-level projections only. The report begins with an Executive Summary section that highlights the key findings in each chapter. This section will also be distributed as a separate stand-alone summary document. The main body of the report is organized into five major sections. Part I, 'Description of Current System,' and Part II, 'Investment/Performance Analysis,' include the core analyses of the report. Parts I and II correspond to the first 10 chapters of the 2002 edition. Chapters 2 through 10 begin with a combined summary of highway and transit issues, followed by separate sections discussing highways and transit in more detail. This structure is intended to accommodate both report users who want a multimodal perspective, as well as those who may primarily be interested in only one of the two modes."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2006-02-16
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Alternative Fuels Study: A Report to Congress on Policy Options for Increasing the Use of Alternative Fuels in Transit Vehicles
"This report presents the results of a study required by Section 3016(c) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). That section directed the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the actions necessary to increase the use of alternative fuels in public transportation vehicles, including buses, fixed guideway vehicles, and ferries. The study considered the environmental and other benefits expected from increased use of alternative fuels, barriers that discourage the purchase of alternative fuels, available opportunities that encourage the purchase of alternative fuels, including those that require no capital improvements to transit vehicles, and the levels and type of support necessary to encourage greater use of alternative fuels in public transportation vehicles."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2006-12
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Security Manpower Planning Model: Instruction Manual
"This Security Manpower Planning Model (SMPM) has been developed by the Federal Transit Administration [FTA], with initial draft versions reviewed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The SMPM supports and closely aligns with FTA and TSA transit security fundamentals (including random and unpredictable roving patrols/inspections) and transit security program priorities (such as targeted training for transit security personnel). The Security Manpower Planning Model is a flexible decision support tool created to enable transit security planners the ability to assess impacts of strategic decisions on resources and staffing. Based on the data inputted, the model identifies staffing levels and budgeting. The SMPM is flexible in the sense that it can be used by any transit agency with existing or planned security resources, regardless of operating mode(s) or size. "
United States. Federal Transit Administration
Blake, Rick; Uccardi, Mark
2008-05
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Security Round Table: Incorporating Security into the Oversight Program
The prominence of rail transit and the large number of passengers who rely on this service ensure that security is a fundamental responsibility. To promote improved security capabilities at the nation's rail agencies, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has incorporated security as part of its State Safety Oversight Rule. This Rule covers all rail transit systems that receive federal funding and are not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The FTA's State Safety Oversight Rule was prepared in response to section 3029 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), which directed FTA to issue regulations requiring that states oversee the safety and security of Rail Fixed Guideway Systems (RFGS). The enactment of Section 3029 reflected the growing concerns of Congress regarding the potential for catastrophic accidents and security incidents on rail transit systems; it was subsequently codified into the Federal Transit Act at 49 U.S.C. section 5330.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
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Federal Transit Administration: Office of Transit Safety and Oversight
"The Office of Transit Safety and Oversight administers a national transit safety program and program compliance oversight process to advance the provision of safe, reliable, and equitable transit service through adherence with legislative, policy and regulatory requirements as established by FTA [Federal Transit Administration]."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
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Federal Transit Administration (FTA) [website]
Federal Transit Administration provide technical assistance and financial resources for safe, technologically advanced public transportation which enhances all citizens' mobility and accessibility, improves America's communities and natural environment, and strengthens the national economy.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
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Capital District Transportation Authority Emergency Transportation Plan
This plan is applicable to any emergency that may develop and outlines chain of command, disaster agencies, alternate command centers, alternate storage areas, alternate fuel areas, CDTA contact person and public information person, and alternate modes of transportation.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
1998-03
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Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Forums [video]
This Federal Transit Administration video details connecting communities through emergency preparedness and security forums. The video is in windows media player format.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2005
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Keeping Safety on Track: Building New Partnerships in Safety
"The Federal Transit Administration provides New Starts funding for the design, construction, and start-up of new rail fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems. Nationwide, over 190 projects have been authorized under the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, to compete for Federal Transit Administration New Starts funds. With Federal Transit Administration funding presently at record levels, there has never been a greater need to integrate system safety concepts early in the project development process. The Federal Transit Administration's Office of Safety and Security manages the State Safety Oversight Program (49 CFR Part 659). Established in 1997, this program requires the incorporation of system safety and security concepts into rail fixed guideway systems. As of May 2000, 22 State Safety Oversight Agencies have been designated to implement the system safety and security requirements for 35 rail fixed guideway systems. Rapid expansion of existing rail fixed guideway systems and the growth in New Starts projects creates new challenges for system safety and security. To address these challenges, the Federal Transit Administration is committed to working with State Safety Oversight Agencies to implement Part 659 requirements, ensuring that system safety and security are properly addressed during the project development phases."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2001
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FTA Safety Action Plan: Accomplishments and the Future
"The Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration's top priority is to 'promote the public health and safety by working toward the elimination of transportation-related deaths, injuries, and property damage.' In support of this objective, the Federal Transit Administration developed its Safely Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2000. This Plan defined goals and activities in six key areas to maintain continuous improvement of the excellent safety performance of the transit industry. This brochure highlights FTA safety accomplishments in the six key areas in FY 2000 and defines our safety activities for FY 2001." The six key areas include statistical data, human factors, design standards, the revision of State Safety Oversight Rule, Section 49 CFR Part 659, active work with the industry to improve busy safety, and safety promotion.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2000-10
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Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Resources [website]
This website is provided by the Federal Transit Administration. It includes documents pertaining to terrorism, transit, rail, emergency management, weapons of mass destruction, MBTA drills, FTA resources, and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
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Perspectives For Transit Security in the 1990s: Strategies For Success
This report presents the findings of a study sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (1) to identify the types and level of crime occurring in the transit environment, (2) to identify the security strategies that are utilized effectively in the transit environment to reduce crime and improve patron perceptions of security, and (3) to document the security practices of nine transit agencies located throughout the nation. Meeting the final objective of this project required the performance of on-site assessments at nine transit agencies to obtain information and data relative to transit security issues, including the crimes experienced by the individual agencies; the methods of police/security personnel deployment used in the transit environment; and the utilization of security technologies and design features.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
1996-06-01?
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State Safety Oversight Program: Audit of the Tri-State Oversight Committee and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Final Audit Report)
"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conducted an on-site audit of the safety program implemented by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and overseen by the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) between December 14 and 17, 2009 at WMATA's Jackson Graham Building and Alexandria Rail Yard. Subsequent document requests and reviews took place throughout the month of January 2010. FTA also participated in WMATA's Right-of-Way Safety Workshop, January 11 to 13, 2010. At the end of January, both TOC and WMATA were provided with the opportunity to comment on a draft version of this report. FTA received those comments and incorporated them into this final report. At the end of February, FTA, TOC and WMATA all participated in a public hearing convened by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to focus, in part, on the adequacy of state and federal oversight of rail transit systems, including TOC and FTA's program to oversee WMATA."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2010-03-04
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Sensitive Security Information (SSI): Designation, Markings, and Control - Resource Document for Transit Agencies
"This document includes resource information for identification and handling of information pertaining to transit systems and transit operations whose dissemination should be controlled and protected for security reasons through the use of designating this information as Sensitive Security Information (SSI)."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2009-03
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Robotic Devices: A Guide for the Transit Environment
The need for unmanned tele-operated robotic equipment has become readily apparent as success stories from the field have become commonplace. Taking into consideration the overall objectives, environment of intended use as well as availability of equipment, this report is intended to aid in the appropriate selection of a device for various scenarios.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2002-10-01?
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Long Island Rail Road Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Plan
This emergency preparedness plan includes analysis of each required plan element supported by summaries. Topics include: communications, system route characteristics, employee training and qualifications, special circumstances, liaison with emergency responders, on-board emergency equipment, passenger safety information, passenger train emergency simulations, and a debriefing and critique section. Additional support for each element is included in the appendices.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
Long Island Rail Road Metropolitan Transportation Authority
1999
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Toronto Transit Commission Corporate Emergency Plan
"This Corporate Emergency Plan establishes a command and control structure based on the current TTC chain of command, with the provision for 24-hour a day coverage. The Corporate Emergency Plan has been designed to ensure that all departments who may become involved in an internal large scale or municipal emergency are fully aware of their respective roles and responsibilities. It is intended to be a guide for those who have defined roles and responsibilities during a large scale emergency."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
1998-09
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Emergency Preparedness Plan for the Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN: Version 1.02
Pivotal in reacting to critical incident control is the role of emergency responders and the methods they undertake in stabilizing the situation. In this context, the responsibility of any facility to organize sufficient personnel and implement proper procedure is paramount to and emergency endeavor. This plan outlines the incident command system for the Minneapolis Metro Transit.
United States. Federal Transit Administration
2003-01-01
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Emergency Preparedness Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
The purpose of this document is "to establish the Incident Command System (ICS) as the basis for standard operating policies and procedures for the mobilization of BART and other public safety resources. To insure fast, controlled and predictable responses can be made to various types of emergencies that may occur within the BART system. This Plan sets forth the policy and guidelines for the emergency procedures that will be implemented by BART and other responding agencies whenever a life-threatening situation occurs on or adjacent to the BART system."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
1999
