 | Inquiry on Child Safety Seats
In your transit agency, who is responsible for ensuring child safety seats are correctly installed in the transit vehicle?
May 25, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Wheelchair Ramp Slope
Does your system have a policy that specifies a maximum slope for wheelchair ramps that operators will assist wheelchair users up?
May 25, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Reviewing Video
For those of you with digital recording systems in your buses, how much of the tape do you review and subsequently save once you find the event you are looking for (i.e., how many minutes pre- and post-incident). Was this negotiated with your union or did you adopt this as an internal procedure?
May 18, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Social Networking
Have you developed a policy or have an internal procedure addressing what employees can post on their own private social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace) as their posts relate to the security of transit operations? What would you do if you discovered an employee had posted pictures on their own social networking site showing security-related elements (security cameras, elements of buses) of your transit system?
May 18, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Left Side Mirror Size
What size exterior left side mirrors do your buses have?
May 18, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Green House Gas Reduction Policies
Do you have a Green House Gas Reduction policy in place? If so, can you please send a copy?
May 06, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Video Storage and Retention Policies
If you have digital recording equipment on your buses, how much storage do you have before the system over-writes itself? If you pull a portion of the video for whatever reason, what schedule did you establish for its retention?
May 04, 2010 |
| Inquiry on seat covers for Paratransit vehicles
In your paratransit vehicles, do you have covers on the bottom of the seats to prevent passengers from getting their hand caught in the seat frame? If not, have you had any reported injuries or complaints about the exposed metal and springs? (This agency has flip up bench seats in some of their vans)
May 03, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Operator Shoulder Harnesses
Has your transit agency installed the optional shoulder harness in conjunction with the lap belt for your operators? If so, what feedback are you receiving from your operators and/or what has your experience been with the shoulder harness?
April 30, 2010 |
| Inquiry on New and Refresher Training Programs
How long are your new operator and refresher training programs? Can you send a copy of the outline for new operator and refresher training programs?
April 29, 2010 |
| Survey inquiry on monthly safety meetings
Please click here and take a minute to fill out a survey regarding monthly safety meetings.
April 20, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Refresher Training Practices
When you have had an operator away from their driving for an extended period of time either due to illness or injury, what is your refresher training practice?
April 16, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Riding the Lift with Paratransit Passengers
When loading a passenger onto the lift of a DAR/Paratransit coach, does the Operator ride up with the passenger? If not, why not?
April 16, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Health Care Reform
Have you received any information on the impact from the federal Health Care Reform Act to your transit agency? If so, what have you heard/been told and from what source did you receive that information?
April 13, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Employees Weapons Policy
Do you have a policy on allowing or not allowing employees to bring weapons onto your agency’s premises? If so, please send a copy of your policy.
April 09, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Ear Plugs
We have had our annual audio logical testing done recently for our drivers. The Audiologist recommended, based on some hearing loss by some of our drivers, that we provide ear plugs to our drivers. The ear plugs that he is recommending are legal to be worn while driving. Does your agency provide ear plugs to drivers?
April 06, 2010 |
| Inquiry on a Force Account
Have you ever used a Force account to track labor expenses for a grant? If so, did you set up a new account in a existing department or did you create a new department for the grant related labor costs? Also, what did you charge to the force account? Labor, benefits, other?
March 17, 2010 |
| Policies/Forms on Performance Evaluations for General Managers
Does your Board conduct a performance evaluation for your General Manager/Executive Director? If so, please share any forms, policies, procedures, etc. associated with this task.
March 16, 2010 |
| Inquiry on training for drivers to assist riders descending stairs backwards
Do you allow riders to descend bus stairs backwards? Have you ever trained your drivers in techniques to assist riders to descend stairs backwards?
March 12, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Operator Training Videos
Do you use any videos or DVDs in your operator training program? If so, what are the titles and the producers? Do you have favorite companies where you feel the videos/DVDs are good quality and reasonably priced?
March 11, 2010 |
| Fixed Route Run Cutting and Dispatching Software.
Please take a few minutes to answer this survey regarding Fixed Route Run Cutting and Dispatching Software. Click here to respond to the survey.
March 11, 2010 |
| Policies on cash reserves
What is your policy or practice for cash reserves?
March 05, 2010 |
| Inquiry Ballot Measures
Background: Richard Walsh from Whatcom Transportation Authority has been directed to prepare a ballot measure for 2/10th of a percent for an April 27, 2010 vote. WTA has been working with the Public Disclosure Commission to prepare and distribute a neutral informational item about the ballot measure.
Questions:
1. Do any of you who have recently gone with ballot measures have samples of an informational piece that complies with the PDC requirements? If so, can you send it in pdf form? We can keep a resource library of them – and share them with those of you who are looking for samples.
2. Have you gone out with a ballot measure in the past few years? You may be a good resource for an agency about to go to ballot.
3. Are any of you considering ballot measures this year or next? If so, you may be able to use other agencies as resources if you have questions.
March 05, 2010 |
| Inquiry on Minibus Use and Evaluation
For those of you who have decided not to utilize mini-vans for your Dial A Ride fleets, why? Was it performance, durability, life of vehicle or something else? Was there an evaluation done by your agency on why not to use mini-vans and if so, would you be willing to share that reasoning?
March 05, 2010 |
| Survey regarding Transit Police and Security.
Survey regarding Transit police and security.
March 01, 2010 |