This has been posted before so this is a re-post:
Monday, October 10, 2011
IS TRIMET REALLY A SAFE PLACE TO DRIVE A BUS?
Based on the findings of this study, a discernible pattern was observed that shows that there is a correlation between preventable collisions and the length of transit operator driving hours.
According to this study TRIMET is hardly a safe environment for people to operate buses. There are very few 8 hour shifts here, most employees are forced into working long hours. SAFETY IS NOT FIRST IN THIS ORGANIZATION ACCORDING TO THE STUDY!
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IS TRIMET REALLY A SAFE PLACE TO DRIVE A BUS?
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following distances). But crashes and observations of driving performance show that 97 compensatory strategies are not sufficient to remove all excess risk (8). 98
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The most general factors that cause fatigue are lack of sleep, bad quality sleep and sleep 100 demands induced by the internal body clock. Besides these general factors, prolonged driving 101 (time-on-task) can increase driver fatigue, especially when drivers do not take sufficient breaks.
following distances). But crashes and observations of driving performance show that 97 compensatory strategies are not sufficient to remove all excess risk (8). 98
99
The most general factors that cause fatigue are lack of sleep, bad quality sleep and sleep 100 demands induced by the internal body clock. Besides these general factors, prolonged driving 101 (time-on-task) can increase driver fatigue, especially when drivers do not take sufficient breaks.
Interesting
DOT ORDERS-TriMet Language Implementation Plan
TriMet Language Implementation Plan
As part of its application for a cooperative agreement under the FTA’s Transportation Equity Research Program (TERP), the Tri-County Metropolitan Transit District of Oregon (TriMet) developed the attached plan in 2006. The plan’s contents are consistent with the guidance on an effective language implementation plan expressed in Section VII of the the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Policy Guidance Concerning Recipients' Responsibilities to Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons [Federal Register: December 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 239)]. The attached plan directs a cross-section of departments within the transit agency to undertake language assistance activities including the following activities that are recommended in the DOT LEP Guidance on an implementation plan:
As part of its application for a cooperative agreement under the FTA’s Transportation Equity Research Program (TERP), the Tri-County Metropolitan Transit District of Oregon (TriMet) developed the attached plan in 2006. The plan’s contents are consistent with the guidance on an effective language implementation plan expressed in Section VII of the the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Policy Guidance Concerning Recipients' Responsibilities to Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons [Federal Register: December 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 239)]. The attached plan directs a cross-section of departments within the transit agency to undertake language assistance activities including the following activities that are recommended in the DOT LEP Guidance on an implementation plan:
Seattle Metro
Bus drivers accounted for just 30 of Metro's $100,000 employees last year; and just 1 percent of all bus drivers made $100,000. Supervisors, managers, engineers and planners accounted for most of the transportation department's six-figure workers.
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