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87 Evaluation Considerations Transit agencies (TAs) will be able to make better decisions if they have information about the real-time impact of restroom access such as delays, safety-related events, and health costs.
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88 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access the Utah Transit Authority's Bus Operator Restroom Task Team (McGlothlin Davis Inc. and Corporate Strategies Inc.
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Costs and Evaluation 89 Box 6-1. Evaluation and Costs Policies and Practices Establish continuous evaluation and improvement, including stakeholder review of conditions.
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90 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access Most were recorded in the context of operations rather than restroom access specifically. For example, unscheduled use was captured via the TA's call-in system -- for example, radio call-in to request relief, automatic codes sent to central control that explain why the operator is diverging from the expected schedule, or records of oral or written late report comments.
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Costs and Evaluation 91 Many TAs hold scheduled and ad hoc discussions, often linked with schedule and route planning cycles, with operators and supervisors. Despite these discussions, not all TAs record and report on restroom-specific trends.
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92 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access Restroom concerns can affect TAs in many areas directly related to the bottom line. These include service delays, operator health claims, absenteeism, retention, and vehicle accidents.
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Costs and Evaluation 93 restrooms, which reduced the costs related to purchasing parts and making sure they were easily available on repair or general maintenance runs. The major cost categories of concern highlighted by interviewed TAs and how they measure them are listed in Table 6-3 with comments and pros and cons in the second column.
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94 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access challenge, because variable ridership on specified lines is hard to estimate, and the practice was discontinued. The manager did not feel it would be practical to sort out the cost of delays specifically related to restroom access.
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Costs and Evaluation 95 Most of these steps have been detailed earlier, so they are only summarized here. Finding out how much improved restroom access can save the TA begins when operations data are used to evaluate restroom-related delays.
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96 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access to restroom access and solving some of them are interested in getting their stories out to each other. They can provide evidence for the effectiveness of their approaches and warn about what might not work, formally and informally.
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Costs and Evaluation 97 Many things have changed in 5 years, including technology, interest, and practices. Such a session could establish a network to support the discussion group described above.
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