American transit safety award : award winning safety program

N/AScanned and transcribed by UNICORPDFTech ReportTransit operating agenciesSafety programsTransit operatorsTransit safetyUnited StatesAmerican Public Transportation AssociationAmerican Transit Association. Small Operations DivisionNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Safety and SecurityUS Transportation CollectionPrepared ca. 1950. As the result of the widespread interest in safety evident among companies at meetings of the ATA Small Operations Division, the Division's Administrative Committee considered it desirable to put together a compilation of safety practices, procedures and programs that had proved effective. The smaller companies that had been winners of awards in the annual American Transit Safety Award competition were agreed upon as an appropriate group from which to gather data. With the assistance of the ATA Department of Personnel and Accident Prevention, information was obtained from eleven companies and compiled under general headings of 1)selection, 2)training, 3)accident reporting, 4)accident records, 5)promotional activities, and 6)award plans