August 2024 Newsletter
Meet IPTA's Newest Board Member
Darian L. Nagle-Gamm, Director of Transportation Services in Iowa City
Darian L. Nagle-Gamm has proudly served as Iowa City’s Director of Transportation for the past seven years, and we are delighted to welcome her to the IPTA Board.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the way communities are planned and how easy it is for people to move throughout them,” Darian told us. “As a bike commuter, I’ve always advocated for less traveled modes whether by bike, bus, or foot.”
While Iowa City is fortunate to have a supportive community and a City Council that understands the value of municipal transit, they are not immune to challenges such as limited funding and staffing shortages.
“Climate action and carbon emission reduction are high priorities for us,” explained Darian. “And while we’re facing the same staffing issues as most others, things appear to be improving in recent months. I hope this is a new trend!”
When Darian isn’t working, you can probably find her on her bike – bicycle that is.
“Cycling is my absolute favorite! I enjoy exploring the vast gravel roads and bike trails that Iowa has to offer.” Darian also has a competitive side, and she competes in a gravel race or two when she has the time.
Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended for Making Connections 2024!
Register by August 26
Great news! Early bird registration for the upcoming Making Connections 2024 - The National Transit Workforce Conference (MC24) has been extended to August 26. Don't miss the opportunity to converge with hundreds of transit professionals from across the industry and gain fresh insights, skills, and perspectives on critical transit workforce development topics.
MC24 features five pre-conference intensive sessions (limited space), over 25 interactive sessions with an exciting lineup of speakers addressing critical transit workforce development needs, and a keynote address by FTA Acting Administrator Veronica Vanterpool. If you have not registered for MC24 yet, this is your chance to secure a spot at a discounted rate!
Understanding Fatigue in Your Workplace
To improve the transit community’s understanding of the effects of fatigue in the workplace, FTA published a new Fatigue Resources for Transit Operations resource webpage. This resource webpage is designed for the transit community, including bus and rail transit workers (drivers, maintenance staff, etc.), agency management, and other transit professionals.
Fatigue-related resources include articles, videos, reports, websites, guides, and more, in the following categories:
- Understanding Sleep
- Causes
- Symptoms and Warning Signs of Fatigue
- Effects
- Transit Employees
FTA Requirements on Reporting Abuse
FTA has published three new resources that will clarify the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) requirements for expanded reporting of assaults on transit workers to the National Transit Database (NTD).
These resources will help transit agencies:
- Understand the difference between major and non-major events
- Distinguish between physical and non-physical assaults
- Know the “Who,” “What” and “Where” of an assault event
New technical resources include:
- An overview of the expanded reporting requirements
- Full Reporters Guide to reporting data on assaults on transit workers
- Reduced Reporters Guide to reporting data on assaults on transit workers
These new resources serve as another tool in FTA’s NTD reporting toolkit; and additional details can be found on the new Transit Worker Assault webpage.
For additional support related to reporting assaults on transit workers, please contact NTDHelp@dot.gov
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