TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: National Transit Database (NTD) Operator Assault Report
BRIEFING ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving the National Transit Database (NTD) Operator Assault Report assessing AC Transit's operator assaults with all U.S. transit agencies providing ground transportation.
Staff Contact:
Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Safe and Secure Operations
The National Transit Database (NTD) Report provides AC Transit's required Federal Transit Administration (FTA) assault data reporting, which allows for a comparison to other ground transit agencies nationwide, and to evaluate Safety & Security's alignment with the District's Strategic Plan and Initiatives of Safe and Secure Operations.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There are no budgetary or fiscal impacts related to this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
After data reporting was required by Congress in 1974, the FTA's National Transit Database (NTD) was set up to be the repository of data about the financial, operating, and asset conditions of American transit systems. The NTD records the financial, operating, and asset condition of transit systems, helping to keep track of the industry and provide public information and statistics. The NTD is designed to support local, state, and regional planning efforts and help governments and other decision-makers make multi-year comparisons and perform trend analyses. It contains a wealth of information such as agency funding sources, inventories of vehicles and maintenance facilities, safety event reports, measures of transit service provided and consumed, and data on transit employee numbers.
The District is required to report all assaults into the NTD within seven days of an incident. The Department of Safety and Security record, track and analyze this data to align w...
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