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TCRP Report 149:

Improving Safety-Related Rules Compliance in the Public Transportation Industry

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Size: 127 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2011

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Authors:
Judith Gertler; Amanda DiFiore; Gordon Hadlow; Alan Lindsey; Roy Meenes; Transportation Research Board
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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.

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Front Matter i-x  
Intended Report Usage 1-1 (skim)
How to Use TCRP Report 149 2-5 (skim)
Framework for Understanding Noncompliance 6-7 (skim)
Distraction 8-8 (skim)
Fatigue 9-9 (skim)
Risk Taking 10-11 (skim)
Training 12-13 (skim)
Incentive and Discipline Programs 14-16 (skim)
Safety Culture, Management, and Rules Compliance 17-20 (skim)
Chapter 3 - Classifying Noncompliance 21-21 (skim)
Level I: Employee Noncompliance 22-26 (skim)
Level II: Preconditions for Employee Noncompliance 27-28 (skim)
Level III: Supervisory Factors 29-30 (skim)
Level IV: Organizational and Regulatory Factors 31-32 (skim)
Investigating the Causal and Contributing Factors of Safety-Related Rules Noncompliance 33-38 (skim)
Training and Testing 39-42 (skim)
Communication 43-46 (skim)
Monitoring Rules Compliance 47-55 (skim)
Responding to Noncompliance 56-56 (skim)
Safety Management 57-59 (skim)
Scalability of a Safety Reporting System 60-61 (skim)
System Assurances 62-62 (skim)
Memorandum of Understanding 63-63 (skim)
Reporting Process 64-64 (skim)
Report Review Team 65-65 (skim)
Disseminating Safety Reporting System Information 66-66 (skim)
References 67-69 (skim)
Abbreviations 70-71 (skim)
Appendix A - Rules Compliance Practices in Other Industries 72-82 (skim)
Appendix B - Rules Compliance Practices in the Public Transportation Industry 83-91 (skim)
Appendix C - Safety Reporting Systems 92-108 (skim)
Appendix D - Rules Compliance Program Success Stories 109-114 (skim)
Appendix E - Effectiveness Metrics 115-116 (skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 117-117 (skim)

Description

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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