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70 AAR Association of American Railroads AIM active interlocked modeling AOV Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service APTA American Public Transportation Association ARC accident review committee ASAP Aviation Safety Action Program ASIAS Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing System ASRS Aviation Safety Reporting System ATC air traffic control ATSAP Air Traffic Safety Action Program BBS behavior-based safety BLET Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics CAST Civil Aviation Safety Team CBT computer-based training CDL commercial driver’s license CIPSEA Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act CIRAS Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis System CP Canadian Pacific Railroad CRM crew resource management DHS Department of Homeland Security DWI driving while intoxicated EMT error management training ERC Event Review Committee FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAR Federal Air Regulations FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HFACS Human Factors Analysis and Classification System IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs IAT implicit attitude test JPI-R Johnson Personality Inventory–Revised LACMTA Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority LOFT Line Oriented Flight Training MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MNR Metro-North Railroad MOU memorandum of understanding MOW maintenance of way Abbreviations

MVTA Minnesota Valley Transit Authority NAS National Airspace System NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NJT New Jersey Transit NTSB National Transportation Safety Board NYCT New York City Transit OCTA Orange County Transportation Authority OJT on-the-job training OSS Office of System Safety PPE personal protective equipment RCA root cause analysis RTO Rail Transit Operations SDTI San Diego Trolley, Inc. SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SMS safety management system SRCP Safety Rules Compliance Program SRK skill-, rule-, knowledge-based SRTD Sacramento Regional Transit District TWU Transport Workers Union UO unanticipated occurrence UP Union Pacific Railroad UTU United Transportation Union VRTA Virginia Regional Transportation Association WBAT Web-based access tool WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Abbreviations 71

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 149: Improving Safety-Related Rules Compliance in the Public Transportation Industry identifies potential best practices for all of the elements of a comprehensive approach to safety-related rules compliance.

The categories of best practices, which correspond to the elements of a safety-related rules compliance program, include screening and selecting employees, training and testing, communication, monitoring rules compliance, responding to noncompliance, and safety management.

The report also outlines the features of a prototype safety reporting system for public transportation.

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