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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 183 / Friday, September 24, 2021 / Notices
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Questions to the Public FTA seeks to gather information to support the identification and evaluation of transit worker safety concerns. Respondents to this RFI may respond to any question and do not need to respond to all questions. This RFI offers labor unions, transit industry personnel, researchers, contractors, government entities, safety advocates, transit users, railway operators, and other interested parties the opportunity to inform FTAs potential action on these topics.
The following list of questions and topic areas are intended to guide respondents in this effort:
Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection 1 How often do RTA workers work on or about the roadway while passenger trains or other equipment moves are made?
2 Which RTAs currently have an RWP program?
a. How are these programs implemented?
b. What types of training and certifications are required?
c. What costs are associated with various programs?
3 What types of redundant protections physical or procedural, as categorized by FTA do RTAs use?
a. How do RTAs implement the requirements for redundant protections or what steps do RTAs take to determine what kinds of redundancies to implement?
i. Should physical redundant protections, such as shunts or derailers, be required when train or equipment moves are permitted?
ii. Should procedural redundant protections, such as foul time, be permitted in lieu of physical redundant protections?
4 How should RWP effectiveness be reviewed and measured by an RTA or other safety stakeholder?
a. How does an RTA review and measure RWP effectiveness?
5 What approaches to RWP have been most effective and least effective?
6 If FTA pursues RWP program requirements, what minimum requirements should be included?
a. Should the same requirements apply to each rail transit mode, as defined by the NTD?
7 What other types of FTA actions might be beneficial to support roadway worker safety?
8 What information do RTAs collect on RWP that is not reportable to the NTD?

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a. What internal thresholds do RTAs use for tracking roadway worker safety events other than those reportable to the NTD?
b. On average, how many additional roadway worker safety events occur per year that do not meet a current NTD
reporting requirement?
c. What are or would be the costs associated with collecting and tracking these additional safety events?
9 What technology is available to improve roadway worker safety?
a. How can FTA better support the development and implementation of these technologies?
Transit Worker Assault Prevention 10 What types of interactions typically lead to transit worker assaults, including operator assaults?
a. What actions could address and limit these types of interactions?
b. What approaches could prevent transit worker assaults?
c. What differences, if any, are there in approaches to preventing transit worker assaults across different types of transit systems or modes?
11 If FTA pursues requirements to address transit worker assaults, what minimum requirements should be included?
a. How should the requirements apply to different transit system types or modes?
12 What other types of FTA actions might be beneficial to support transit worker assault prevention?
13 What information is collected on transit worker assaults that is not reportable to the NTD?
a. What internal threshold do RTAs use for tracking transit worker assaults other than those reportable to the NTD?
b. On average, how many additional transit worker assaults occur per year that do not meet a current NTD
reporting requirement?
i. How many of these additional transit worker assaults are operator assaults?
c. What are or would be the costs associated with tracking these additional assaults?
14 What technology is available to address transit worker assaults, including operator assaults?
a. How can FTA better support the development and implementation of these technologies?
Please clearly indicate which questions you address in your response and any evidence to support assertions, where practicable.

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Public Participation How do I prepare and submit comments?
To ensure that your comments are filed correctly, please include the docket number provided in FTA2021
0012 in your comments.
Please submit one copy of your comments, including any attachments, to the docket following the instructions given above under ADDRESSES. Please note, if you are submitting comments electronically as a PDF Adobe file, these documents must be scanned using an Optical Character Recognition process, thus allowing the Agency to search and copy certain portions of submissions.
Will FTA consider late comments?
FTA will consider all comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above under DATES. To the extent practicable, the Agency may also consider comments received after that date.
How can comments submitted by other people be read?
Comments received may be read at the Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, Washington, DC 205900001. The hours of the docket are indicated above in the same location. Comments may also be located on the internet, identified by the docket number at the heading of this notice, at http www.regulations.gov.
Please note, this RFI will serve as a planning document. The RFI should not be construed as policy, a solicitation for applications, or an obligation on the part of the Government.
Nuria I. Fernandez, Administrator.
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