compliance not just objective information about risk probability and severity, but – what these precursors tell us about safety and reliability, and the public interest that drives many decisions. FTA has a responsibility to help the industry transition into the new regulatory environment under the Public Transportation Safety Program. The National Safety Plan will be FTA’s primary tool for disseminating guidance, technical assistance, templates and other information to educate, inform, and assist transit providers to improve their safety performance. This Plan is not a regulation. Although transit providers are required by law to set safety performance targets based on the criteria proposed in this Plan, FTA is not proposing to impose mandatory requirements on the transit industry through this Plan at this time, but may do so in the future. Accordingly, FTA will publish future iterations of the Plan in the Federal Register for public notice and comment. (Intentionally left blank)
compliance – not just objective information about risk probability and severity, but what these precursors tell us about safety and reliability, and the public interest that drives many decisions. FTA has a responsibility to help the industry transition into the new regulatory environment under the Public Transportation Safety Program. The National Safety Plan will be FTA’s primary tool for disseminating guidance, technical assistance, templates and other information to educate, inform, and assist transit providers to improve their safety performance. This Plan is not a regulation. Although transit providers are required by law to set safety performance targets based on the criteria proposed in this Plan, FTA is not proposing to impose mandatory requirements on the transit industry through this Plan at this time, but may do so in the future. Accordingly, FTA will publish future iterations of the Plan in the Federal Register for public notice and comment. (Intentionally left blank)
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