AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE*
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Approve Updates to Chapel Hill Transit's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP)
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RESPONSIBLE STAFF, TITLE, DEPARTMENT*
Brian M. Litchfield, Director, Transit Department
STAFF RECOMMENDATION*
That the Council approve the updates to Chapel Hill Transit's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
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ACTION/DECISION POINTS*
Council must approve or reject the Updated Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT*
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule (49 CFR Part 673), which requires certain operators of public transportation systems that receive federal funds under FTA's Urbanized Area Formula Grants to develop safety plans and included processes and procures to implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) in 2022. Town Council approved the original PTASP in November of 2022. FTA has since published updates to the PTASP regulation, which incorporates Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requirements to make transit safer for both transit workers and passengers, in 2024. Town Council approval is required to incorporate updates to Chapel Hill Transit's PTASP.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT*
Town Council approved item 22-0818, Chapel Hill Transit Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, at its November 2nd, 2022 meeting. Since that time, The Federal Transit Administration has issued new guidance related to communicable disease in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These updates have been incorporated by Transit staff to the PTASP and have been reviewed and approved by FTA's PTASP Technical Assistance Center, Chapel Hill Transit Safety Committee, and Chapel Hill Transit Funding Partners.
TRADEOFFS, ALTERNATIVES, IMPACTS*
The Town of Chapel Hill must approve these updates by October 31, 2024 to satisfy the requirements of Chapel Hill Transit's recent Triennial Review.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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