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009 <br />GENERAL SYSTEM SAFETY PLAN MANAGEMENT <br />DESCRIPTIONS OF ELEMENTS <br />1. POLICY STATEMENT AND AUTHORITY FOR SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM PLAN <br />A. Effective October 2012, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP -21) mandated <br />requirements for all public transportation to develop and implement a safety plan. As defined by MAP - <br />21 public transportation is regular, continuing shared -ride surface transportation services that are open to <br />the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. <br />B. North Carolina Board of Transportation 2003 Resolution established the requirement for each transit <br />system to develop and implement a System Safety Program Plan (SSPP). <br />C. Establish the SSPP as an operating document that has been prepared for and approved by the transit <br />system top management, chief executive officer or the governing board. <br />D. The authority statement in the SSPP should define, as clearly as possible, the following: <br />1. The authority for establishment and implementation of the SSPP <br />2. How that authority has been delegated through the organization <br />E. The SSPP must adequately address the SIX CORE ELEMENTS. <br />2. DESCRIPTION OF PURPOSE FOR SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM PLAN <br />A. Address the intent of the SSPP and define why it is being written. <br />B. Establish the safety philosophy of the whole organization and provide a means of implementation. <br />C. A SSPP could be implemented for the following reasons: <br />• To establish a safety program on a system wide basis. <br />• To provide a medium through which a system can display its commitment to safety. <br />• To provide a framework for the implementation of safety policies and the achievement of related <br />goals and objectives. <br />• To satisfy federal and state requirements. <br />• To meet accepted industry standards and audit provisions. <br />• To satisfy self - insurance or insurance carrier provisions. <br />D. The relationship of system safety to system operations should be defined. <br />E. All departments involved must have a clear definition of their individual responsibilities relative to the <br />scope of the SSPP. <br />F. This section should also contain system safety definitions applicable to the operating systems. <br />3. CLEARLY STATED GOALS FOR VEHICLE SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br />FA <br />C. <br />12/10/13 <br />The overall goal of a SSPP is to identify, eliminate, minimize and control safety hazards and their <br />attendant risks by establishing requirements, lines of authority, levels of responsibility and <br />accountability, along with methods of documentation for the organization. <br />These goals should be system- specific, tailored to the individual needs of the system, as well as being: <br />1. Long term - the goal must have broad and continuing relevance. <br />2. Meaningful - they must not be so broad as to be meaningless, desired results must be <br />identified. <br />3. Realizable - any goal that meets the first two criteria but cannot be attained is <br />meaningless. <br />Example: <br />1. A goal might be to establish a high level of safety comparable to other transit systems in the U.S. <br />General Info APPENDIX I.doc <br />