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Adopt a Resolution Approving Updates to the City of Lodi Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
November 6, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution approving annual updates to the City of Lodi Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of Lodi’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) is a requirement for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding and was developed in accordance with FTA’s final rule for PTASPs, 49 CFR Part 637, as authorized by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. The final rule requires transit operators develop and implement a PTASP based on the Safety Management System (SMS) approach.
SMS is the formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of a transit agency’s safety risk mitigation. SMS includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies and is meant to ensure a formalized, proactive, and data-driven approach to safety risk management. The existing PTASP was adopted by Lodi City Council on June 17, 2020 and was last updated on December 20, 2023.
This 2024 annual update includes revised Safety Performance Targets (SPTs) based on FY 2023-24 operating data, criteria and safety event definition clarifications in accordance with 2024 FTA guidance, and routine updates to the organizational chart reflecting staffing changes. Per the update, the City of Lodi’s GrapeLine safety performance targets reflect zero fatalities, zero major injuries, and 0.14 safety events (i.e. major vehicle collisions or accidents) per 100,000 miles. The average distance between service-affecting mechanical failures is 13,028 miles for fixed route, and 19,585 miles for Dial-a-Ride/ADA Paratransit.
Staff recommends approving updates to the City of Lodi Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan and authorizing Public Works Director to execute updated Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
STRATEGIC VISION:
7G. Public Safety: High levels of community involvement by public safety employees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
An annually updated PTASP is required by FTA regulations and for continued FTA funding of transit services.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Not Applicable.
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Charles E. Swimley
Public Works Director
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Scott R. Carney
City Manager