Public Review and Comment - American Public Transportation Association

Public Review of Draft Documents

APTA invites all stakeholders to review and comment on draft documents in development. The APTA Standards Development Program publishes documents through a consensus-based process and the public review period is a critical part of the development process.

The current review period starts on December 4, and ends on January 29.

Commenting Instructions

View the latest set of documents in development by APTA’s working groups. Reviewers may submit comments as often as they like during the review period. Start your review today!

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Comments are accepted from APTA members or nonmembers
Reviewers should contact Standards@apta.com if you experience any problems with providing your inputs
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Title	Category	Working Group	Description
Submit comments here (APTA account required): Emergency Communication Strategies for Transit Agencies View current draft here	Security and Emergency Management	Security and Emergency Management Working Group	This document establishes a standard for transit agencies to follow to effectively communicate with their employees, the public, first responders, government agencies, the media and other members of the community during emergencies.
Submit comments here (APTA account required): Recognizing and Responding to Unattended and Suspicious Packages, Objects and Baggage View current draft here	Security and Emergency Management	Security and Emergency Management Working Group	This recommended practice provides broad guidelines for recognizing and responding to unattended packages, objects and baggage.
Submit comments here (APTA account required): Cybersecurity Requirements for Operational Technology Procurement View current draft here	Security and Emergency Management	Transit Cybersecurity Working Group	This white paper discusses the ways a mass transit and passenger rail operator and its vendors can collaborate to reduce cybersecurity risk when implementing new technology or augmenting existing systems. The approach was designed by the North American Transportation Cybersecurity Consortium.

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Working Group

Description

Submit comments here (APTA account required): Emergency Communication Strategies for Transit Agencies

View current draft here

Security and Emergency Management

Security and Emergency Management Working Group

This document establishes a standard for transit agencies to follow to effectively communicate with their employees, the public, first responders, government agencies, the media and other members of the community during emergencies.

Submit comments here (APTA account required): Recognizing and Responding to Unattended and Suspicious Packages, Objects and Baggage

View current draft here

Security and Emergency Management

Security and Emergency Management Working Group

This recommended practice provides broad guidelines for recognizing and responding to unattended packages, objects and baggage.

Submit comments here (APTA account required): Cybersecurity Requirements for Operational Technology Procurement

View current draft here

Security and Emergency Management

Transit Cybersecurity Working Group

This white paper discusses the ways a mass transit and passenger rail operator and its vendors can collaborate to reduce cybersecurity risk when implementing new technology or augmenting existing systems. The approach was designed by the North American Transportation Cybersecurity Consortium.