Safe Driving and Passenger Safety
Vasti Amaro, President & CEO
Vasti Amaro
22 years expert in public & private sector
Airport, transit, light rail, paratransit, university, hospital, trolleys
Tampa, Naples, Broward, Miami, Palm Beach, Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Phoenix Sister Cities Commissioner
WTS Phoenix Chapter President
WTS National Board & Foundation Board
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Board
Overview
Recruitment
Training
Technology
Assessments
Recruitment Background Checks
Felony Sex offender
MVD Record Moving violations Speeding DUI
Drug Testing Previous Employer Drug and Alcohol Record Pre-Employment drug test
Training
Defensive Driving Program - Smith System
Behind the Wheel Training Passenger safety ADA Boarding Curb pull up
Technology – Event Recorder
Records only those events in
which pre-set g-force limits are
exceeded.
Records 10 seconds before and
10 seconds after this g-force
limit is exceeded.
Steady red light indicates an
event has been recorded.
Recordable Events
Exceeding pre-set g-force limits triggers an event.
Forward and lateral g-forces are monitored.
Examples of driving behaviors that may result in
recorded events include:
Hard braking
Hard cornering
Excessive acceleration
Review With Operator
If necessary, the recorded event is reviewed with the appropriate operator.
This could be those in which the operator displayed effective defensive driving as well as those in which a driving action or habit may need improvement.
Benefits to Driver
Provides instant feedback to the driver.
Presents an opportunity to analyze driving actions or habits.
Captures erratic moves by other drivers
Protects against false statements by others.
Assessment Secret rider report
Supervisor ride check
Unsafe conditions review
Safety Committee
Post Accident analysis/retraining
Preventability Determination
BusBus
T4 North Level 1 West End Bus Stop(Not to scale)
Eastbound SHB
To Door 1
Outer Curb
ADA
ADA
BUS LANE ONLY
(Road Graphic)
Bus
91’43’ Van Service begins
BU
S
LA
NE
O
NLY
4’
7’ from East SHB
TRAFFIC GORE
(To be redesigned)
Additional suggestions:1. Reduce the 4 delineators to 3 at the east end of the bus stop to provide SuperShuttle an easier egress into their loading zone. 2. Obtain additional input from Veolia on removing some of the gore area west of the bus stop to allow for a minimum of 4 buses to stack. 3. Obtain additional input from Veolia on filling in the ADA curb cut directly across from the crosswalk. We would also need to have Norbert
review to make sure we are still ADA compliant if this is the direction we would like to go.
Summary Hire right people
Structured training program
Technology monitors
Assess performance