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METROLINK COMMUTER RAIL SAFETY PEER REVIEW PANEL Final Report – January 5, 2009 Issue Papers Background The public officials selected to serve on the governing boards of public transportation agencies are busy people with a variety of obligations and demands on their time, particularly if they are elected officials. Although they are accomplished people, typically with many talents and experiences, they generally come to these positions with little experience in public transportation. If they do have prior experience with public transportation, it would be very unusual if that experience involved commuter rail operations. As a result, new board members need clear guidance with respect to their duties as individual board members and collective duties as a Board and assistance in understanding the Agency, the services it provides, and the organizational, financial, and fiscal infrastructure required. Treating safety with the seriousness it deserves, for example, is not straightforward and requires an understanding of how procedures and standards, staffing and skill levels, training, lines of authority, maintenance, and other elements interactively influence the level of safety an Agency delivers. Although the staff and especially the Agency CEO can provide considerable assistance to helping a board formalize its duties and understand the Agency it directs, the impetus for these activities must come from the board. If the Board does not believe that reexamining and formalizing its responsibilities is important, then it will not happen. Likewise, if the Board does not believe a top-to-bottom safety culture is important and that it has a critical role to play in fostering that culture, it will not happen. If the Board decides to address these challenges, there are resources available that can help it get started. Although limited, literature is available that is specifically intended to assist public transportation boards with governance. The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has published two reports on the topic: TCRP Report 85, Public Transit Board Governance Guidebook, and TCRP Report 104, Public Transportation Board Effectiveness: A Self-Assessment Handbook. In addition, Doug Eadie has published a series of helpful columns of transit board governance in the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Passenger Transport magazine. Finally, with the SCRRA Board workshop planned for late January 2009, the Panel recommends that these governance issues, in addition to the other safety recommendations in this report, be added to the agenda. 66
METROLINK COMMUTER RAIL SAFETY PEER REVIEW PANEL Final Report – January 5, 2009 F. NEXT STEPS 67 Next Steps Upon the release of this report to the SCRRA Ad Hoc Subcommittee, SCRRA Board and staff and the public, the following actions will take place: a. SCRRA CEO Review of and Report on Panel’s Recommendations; b. Board Workshop in late January 2009 where they will discuss the Panel Recommendations and plan to take action on Panel’s recommended Metrolink Enhanced Safety Action Plan; c. SCRRA Staff Implementation of Board-Approved Actions; d. 6-month follow-up report card by Panel.
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