R2020-184 Resolution Certifying the City of Decatur Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan

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• Hazard means any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness,or death; damage to or loss of the facilities,equipment, rolling stock,or infrastructure of a public transportation system;or damage to the environment. • Incident means an event that involves any of the following: a personal injury that is not a serious injury;one or more injuries requiring medical transport;or damage to facilities, equipment, rolling stock, or infrastructure that disrupts the operations of a transit agency. • Investigation means the process of determining the causal and contributing factors of an accident, incident, or hazard,for the purpose of preventing recurrence and mitigating risk. • National Public Transportation Safety Plan means the plan to improve the safety of all public transportation systems that receive Federal financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53. • Occurrence means an Event without any personal injury in which any damage to facilities,equipment, rolling stock,or infrastructure does not disrupt the operations of a transit agency. • Operator of a public transportation system means a provider of public transportation as defined under 49 U.S.C.5302. • Performance measure means an expression based on a quantifiable indicator of performance or condition that is used to establish targets and to assess progress toward meeting the established targets. • Performance target means a quantifiable level of performance or condition,expressed as a value for the measure,to be achieved within a time period required by the FTA. • Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan(or Agency Safety Plan) means the documented comprehensive Agency Safety Plan for a transit agency that is required by 49 U.S.C.5329 and Part 673. • Risk means the composite of predicted severity and likelihood of the potential effect of a hazard. • Risk mitigation means a method or methods to eliminate or reduce the effects of hazards. • Safety Assurance means processes within a transit agency's Safety Management System that function to ensure the implementation and effectiveness of safety risk mitigation,and to ensure that the transit agency meets or exceeds its safety objectives through the collection,analysis,and assessment of information. • Safety Management Policy means a transit agency's documented commitment to safety,which defines the transit agency's safety objectives and the accountabilities and responsibilities of its employees in regard to safety. • Safety Management System means the formal,top-down,organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of a transit agency's safety risk mitigation.SMS includes systematic procedures, practices,and policies for managing risks and hazards. • Safety performance target means a performance target related to safety management activities. • Safety Promotion means a combination of training and communication of safety information to support SMS as applied to the transit agency's public transportation system. 25