Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Bus Operator and Pedestrian Protection Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require public transportation safety grant recipients that operate fixed route bus service to: (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program, including the implementation plan required by this bill, to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the program and plans approved by DOT. The recipient of a public transportation safety grant shall report to DOT, for inclusion in the National Transit Database, any information on each assault on an public transportation vehicle operator.
AccidentsAssault and harassment offensesCriminal justice information and recordsEmployment and training programsMotor vehiclesPedestrians and bicyclingPublic transitTransportation employeesTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and securityViolent crime
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of a bus operations safety risk reduction program, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6016| House
| Updated: 6/7/2018
Bus Operator and Pedestrian Protection Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to require public transportation safety grant recipients that operate fixed route bus service to: (1) develop a risk reduction program for bus operations to improve safety by reducing the number and rates of accidents, injuries, assaults on bus operators, and fatalities; (2) submit the program, including the implementation plan required by this bill, to DOT for review and approval; and (3) implement the program and plans approved by DOT. The recipient of a public transportation safety grant shall report to DOT, for inclusion in the National Transit Database, any information on each assault on an public transportation vehicle operator.
AccidentsAssault and harassment offensesCriminal justice information and recordsEmployment and training programsMotor vehiclesPedestrians and bicyclingPublic transitTransportation employeesTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and securityViolent crime