Beyond Compliance: How Safety Certification Drives Safer, Smarter Transit

This webinar will introduce APTA members to the fundamentals of Safety Certification—what it is, why it matters, and how it adds value—while showcasing Baltimore’s real-world experience. The session will cover:

• What Safety Certification is?
• Why it is required?
• Steps in the process?
• Best practices from APTA’s Recommended Practice on Safety Certification

It will highlight MDOT MTA’s CBTC project, where new technology played a central role in risk reduction and Safety Certification. The presentation will explore CBTC’s impact on train throughput and protections, and how Hitachi’s CENELEC certifications aligned with FTA’s Safety Certification process.

Panelist:

• Kevin Jones, TSSP, WSO-CSSD/CSE, PTSCTP, TSSP; Principal, DSS+; Pittsburg, PA