TTC is a leader in safety: APTA

January 2010

Commissioners received the Rail Safety Audit Report prepared by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). A presentation made by APTA’s Director of Safety, Bill Grizard, concluded that the TTC has achieved a significant level of success in developing and implementing its System Safety Program. 

He noted that “although APTA does not promote the comparative ranking of safety among transit systems, we do take great pleasure in acknowledging those transit systems that are fully engaged in their pursuit of safety excellence.  Toronto Transit Commission is one system that deserves such recognition, and we are proud to be associated with an organization of your caliber.”

APTA, a non-profit, international association of more than 1,500 public- and private-member organizations in the transportation sector, conducts a Rail Safety Audit at the TTC every three years and examines 24 separate safety elements ranging from employee training to incident management to workplace safety initiatives. The Final Audit Report presented to Commissioners was prepared in September 2008.