 |
 |
 |
|
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) will present its "Silver Award" for bus safety to the Alexandria Transit Company (ATC) at its national annual Bus and Paratransit Conference held May 6, 2002 in Minneapolis, Minn. The purpose of the award is to acknowledge transit systems with superior safety records and have demonstrated excellence in their safety performance for four consecutive years. More than 100 transit systems from the United States and Canada competed in the 2002 APTA Bus Safety Award Competition. Alexandria Transit was judged to have an outstanding safety record and notable achievement in safety of operations during the past year. "We are extremely proud of our safety record and our employees, who have worked together to make safety at DASH a number one priority," states Sandy Modell, ATC general manager. "New DASH operators complete an extensive training program that includes the Smith System Defensive Driving course and all of our operators attend refresher training periodically. In addition, we reinforce safety on a daily basis through safety messages that are announced over the bus radios throughout the day." ATC was awarded APTA’s Silver Award last year and received the Gold Award two years ago, which is the highest achievement. Three years ago, ATC also captured the Silver Award. |
