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Handbook for Transit Safety and Security Certification

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Keywords:

System safety, system security, safety

Main Category:

Safety

Secondary Category:

Security

Organization:

Research and Special Programs Administration
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway, Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02142.1093

Organization Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FTA-02-01

Sponsor Agency:

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Office of Program Management, Office of Safety and Security Washington, DC 20590

Sponsor Agency Report Number:

DOT-FTA-MA-90-5006-02-01

Report Type:

Final Report

Description:

The Joint Task Force on Safety and Security Certification, established between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the American Public Transportation Association (APT), prepared this Handbook to support the efforts of the transit industry to achieve continuous improvement in safety and security performance. This Handbook probides a guide for establishing a certification program to address safety and security that identifies the key activities, incorporates safety and security more fully into transit projects, highlights resources necessary to develop and implement a certification program for safety and security, and provides tools and sample forms to promote implementation of the safety and security certification process.