Safe Driving
and Passenger
Safety
Vasti Amaro,
President & CEO
Vasti Amaro
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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 LauderdaleHollywood Airport,
Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport
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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
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Felony
Sex offender
 MVD
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Record
Moving violations
Speeding
DUI
 Drug
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Checks
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
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Exceeding pre-set g-force limits triggers an event.
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Forward and lateral g-forces are monitored.
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Examples of driving behaviors that may result in
recorded events include:
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Hard braking
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Hard cornering
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Excessive acceleration
Review With Operator
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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
 Unsafe
 Safety
 Post
ride check
conditions review
Committee
Accident analysis/retraining
 Preventability
Determination
T4 North Level 1 West End Bus Stop
To Door 1
(Not to scale)
ADA
43’ Van
Service
begins
91’
Bus
Outer Curb
Bus
Bus
BU
LA S
ON NE
LY
ADA
BUS LANE ONLY
(Road Graphic)
4’
TRAFFIC GORE
(To be redesigned)
7’ from East
SHB
Eastbound SHB
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
 Assess
monitors
performance
vamaro@vastitransport.com