WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 22, 2020) – The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced today the winners of the 2020 Bus and Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards.
“Congratulations to the award-winning public transit systems for their successful safety and security transportation programs that are models of excellence for the industry,” said APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas. “The implementation of these initiatives demonstrates the ongoing commitment to improving safety and security for their passengers, employees, and communities in the public transit industry.”
The APTA Bus and Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards recognize public transit providers for their innovative and proactive safety and security programs. These awards help to build the industry by benchmarking successful programs so other systems can implement and fine-tune their programs based on the findings of their peers.
Nominations are evaluated on four criteria: effectiveness, benefit level, innovation, and transferability. The top honor is the GOLD Award, which is given to organizations with the best overall safety or security programs. A Certificate of Merit is given to organizations in recognition of exceptional achievement in safety or security.
The 2020 Safety & Security Excellence Award winners are awarded in categories based on rail modes and bus ridership.
Read the winning program descriptions here.
2020 RAIL AWARDS
2020 RAIL SAFETY AWARD WINNERS
Commuter/Intercity Rail
GOLD Award – MTA NY- Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) New York, NY
Certificate of Merit – MTA Metro-North Rail Road – New York, NY
Light Rail/Streetcar
GOLD Award – Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. (NFTA) Buffalo, NY
2020 RAIL SECURITY AWARD WINNERS
Light Rail/Streetcar
GOLD Award – Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) Sacramento, CA
Certificate of Merit – Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Maryland
Commuter/Intercity Rail
GOLD Award – The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
2020 BUS AWARDS
2020 BUS SAFETY AWARD WINNERS
Public Transportation systems providing more than 4 million and fewer than 20 million annual passenger trips
GOLD AWARD – Palm Tran, Palm Beach County, Florida
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT – Pierce County Public Transit Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit), Pierce County, WA
Public Transportation systems providing more than 20 million annual passenger trips
Gold Award – Capital Metropolitan Transportation (Cap Metro), Austin, TX
2020 BUS SECURITY AWARD WINNERS
Public Transportation systems providing more than 4 million and fewer than 20 million annual passenger trips
GOLD AWARD – Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), Cincinnati, OH
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT – Metro Regional Transit Authority (RTA), Akron, OH
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit international association of 1,500 public and private sector organizations which represent a $74 billion industry that directly employs 435,000 people and supports millions of private sector jobs. APTA members are engaged in the areas of bus, paratransit, light rail, commuter rail, subways, waterborne services, and intercity and high-speed passenger rail. This includes: transit systems; planning, design, construction, and finance firms; product and service providers; academic institutions; transit associations and state departments of transportation. APTA is the only association in North America that represents all modes of public transportation. APTA members serve the public interest by providing safe, efficient and economical transit services and products.
