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9/26/2024
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday issued a general directive that will require over 700 transit agencies to address ongoing assaults on transit workers.
Verbal and physical assaults on transit workers have increased more than 120% between 2013 and 2021, according to the FTA.
All public transit agencies subject to the FTA’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans regulation are now required to complete a safety risk assessment of assaults on their workers. If the safety risk assessment indicates an unacceptable level of risk of assaults on workers, the transit agency must identify ways to mitigate that risk, according to an FTA press press release.
Agencies will have 90 days to provide information to the FTA on how they are assessing, mitigating and monitoring the safety risks of assault on transit employees.
“This information will help FTA understand how transit worker assault safety risk assessments and safety risk mitigations vary throughout the industry, informing the agency of further activities that may be effective in reducing the risk of assaults on transit workers,” FTA officials said.