Category: Operator safety
SMART-TD celebrates Arizona law that protects transit workers
“This new law represents a new day in Arizona. If you put your hands on a SMART-TD member or any transit professional, you’re going to have to face real consequences.” —SMART-TD Transit Union’s Arizona Safety and Legislative Director Scott Jones
New round of hazmat trainings announced
The next four rounds of training through the Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program have been announced for October and into 2025.
New SEPTA operator’s stabbing shows how members’ safety is at risk
Yet another attack on one of our members, this time aboard SEPTA, is reason why the union is rolling out an assault reporting tool for SMART bus/transit union members.
SMART-TD transit union conducts first Bus/Transit Day on the Hill
Our transit safety committee and TD legislative leaders took to the U.S. Capitol to share the increasing risks bus and transit operators face every day.
LACMTA reconstitutes in-agency police force to protect workers, riders
SMART Transportation Division bus leaders get through to the LACMTA leadership. An agency police force will be re-established after board members make a unanimous vote.
Setting the record straight: UP puts on sunny public face while lashing out on the ballast
On Thursday, January 18, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and its new “All in it to win it” PR campaign were spotlighted in an article from Progressive Railroading. In it, UP’s CEO Jim Vena and his team of executives did their best to paint a happy picture of a thriving compan [...]
Los Angeles County MTA announces it will have protective barriers installed in all its buses by year’s end
Los Angeles County MTA announced today that it was accelerating its timeline and would have protective barriers installed on all its buses to protect our members two years ahead of schedule.
SMART GC Ellis issues statement on LACMTA’s emergency procurement declaration to acquire barriers
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board activated emergency procurement procedures this week to expedite the installation of protective barriers for bus operators. John Ellis, general chairperson of GO 875, which represents our members who [...]