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... 13 2 Background on the U.S. Public Transit Sector and Its Safety Performance This chapter provides general background on the U.S.
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... 14 ADMISSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT SAFETY PLANNING RECORDS recipients operate only demand-response (non–fixed route) systems, under which riders schedule the service in advance (APTA 2017)
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... BACKGROUND ON THE U.S. PUBLIC TRANSIT SECTOR 15 • San Francisco (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Bay Area Rapid Transit)
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... 16 ADMISSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT SAFETY PLANNING RECORDS tivities are different from those of the thousands of small and medium-size agencies operating only over-the-road vehicles. TRANSIT SAFETY RECORD GENERALLY Public transit's safety record is generally considered to be among the best of all the passenger transportation modes.
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... BACKGROUND ON THE U.S. PUBLIC TRANSIT SECTOR 17 on exclusive rights-of-way.
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... 18 ADMISSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT SAFETY PLANNING RECORDS with worker action and infrastructure actions, and 23 percent with other factors (FTA 2016)
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... BACKGROUND ON THE U.S. PUBLIC TRANSIT SECTOR 19 agement systems and to weak safety cultures within transit agencies generally and to inadequate state and federal safety oversight.

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