San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Safety Management Systems Rail SMS Gap Analysis and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan David Bagley, Rail System Safety Manager Larry Engleman and Linda Davis, HDR Safety and Security Managers December 6, 2017
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San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
Safety Management Systems
Rail SMS Gap Analysis and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
David Bagley, Rail System Safety ManagerLarry Engleman and Linda Davis, HDR Safety and Security Managers
December 6, 2017
Metropolitan Transit SystemSan Diego Trolley, Inc. Rail System
• 53.5 miles of light rail– Blue Line– Orange Line– Green Line– Silver Line
• 40 million rail passengers annually
• Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project, currently under construction, will add 11-miles and 9-stations to the system
• Parts of the rail system run parallel to freight and commuter rail
MTS Rail System
MTS Safety Management System Goals: Can Employees Answer These Questions?
• What are our most serious safety concerns?
• How do we know this?
• What are we doing about it?
• Is what we are doing working?
• How do we know what we are doing is working?
MTS Rail Gap Analysis
SMS Rail Gap Analysis Methodology• Used an independent party to perform the gap analysis
• Researched FTA and APTA safety requirements and relevant documents
• Conducted agency and State Safety Oversight personnel interviews
• Reviewed MTS System Safety Program Plan
• Reviewed MTS safety information– Safety policies and procedures
– Safety reporting systems
– Safety committees
– Safety performance indicators
– Internal and external safety communications
SMS Rail Gap Analysis Methodology (cont’d)
• Performed SMS Rail Gap Analysis– Reviewed FTA SMS presentations
– Reviewed relevant FTA documentation – i.e. WMATA SMS Gap Analysis• WMATA SMS Gap Analysis geared to much larger
transit agency
• Used main SMS headings to drive MTS methodology
• Developed draft SMS Rail Gap Analysis Report
• Reviewed and incorporated MTS comments
• Developed final SMS Rail Gap Analysis Report
FTA and APTA SMS Safety Documentation
• FTA
–Public Transportation Safety Program (49 USC Section 5329)- must include a National Transportation Safety Plan
• Public Transportation Safety Program requires SMS as the foundation of FTA safety program
• Includes Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan
• APTA
– SMS Manual: Public Passenger Transportation Systems
– Rail Transit SMS Implementation Guide
Interview Questions: All Levels of Agency Staff
• Is safety included in your performance evaluation?
• Have you read the MTS System Safety Program Plan?
• How does safety impact your job?
• What safety information do you receive?
• What is working well?
• What needs improvement?
• Do you know who the Rail Accountable Executive is?
Notable Interview Quotes• We pride ourselves on safety
• Safety is inherent in everything we do
• If we are safe, I am doing my job
• Safety has to start from the top down
• Everything is about safety
• People feel empowered to take responsibility
• Everyone tends to be focused on safety
• Safety affects my job 100%
• Before you start a job, everything has to be safe
• Management is constantly reviewing how we can do improvements
• People understand that it is their responsibility to take care of safety issues
San Diego Metropolitan Transit SystemSafety Management Policy Statement
Rev. 2-2014
• Signed by MTS Chief Executive Officer and MTS Board Chair on October 19, 2017
• Establishes management of safety as MTS’s highest priority
• Transit delivery activities take place under a balanced allocation of organizational resources to achieve highest level of safety performance
• Every MTS policy shall be guided by and every employee shall perform their duties in furtherance of safety goals (which are listed in the policy statement)
New Hire Rail Safety Orientation
Over 200 New Employees have received this training in FY 2017