The
Pierce Transit – Division of Public Safety
is hosting “Transit Bus
System Safety” on
Monday, February 8, through
Friday, February 12, 2010, 8a to 4:30p at the Pierce Transit
Training Facility, 3720 96th St SW, Lakewood, WA 98499.
Friday’s session will begin at 8:00a and conclude at noon.
This course is sponsored by the Federal Transit
Administration’s (FTA) Office of Safety and Security, through the
USDOT Transportation Safety Institute (TSI), Transit Safety and
Security Division, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
If you
would like to register one of your employees, please contact Jason
Hovde at Pierce Transit. Jason may be reached by dialing
(253)589-6371. You may register at the TSI website at
http://www.tsi.dot.gov/divisions/Transit/Attend.aspx. The
cost of the course is $110 per person.
Course outline is below.
Your
registration and space in the class shall be confirmed 4-5 weeks
before the course begins so that you are able to make necessary
scheduling or travel arrangements.
Should you be required to cancel your registration, please do
so six weeks in advance prior to the class so that anyone on the
registration stand-by list has an opportunity to make arrangements
to attend.
If you
are traveling from out of the area, a block of 20 rooms have been
reserved at the Best
Western
Park Plaza,
620 So. Hill Park Dr, Puyallup, WA
98373, (253)848-1500 under the name of TSI.
A “free” full continental breakfast is available each
morning.
Driving directions from I-5
north or south:
Interstate 5, exit highway 512, exit #127 heading east towards
Puyallup.
Exit off Hwy 512 at 9th St SW/94th Ave
E. Turn left off exit,
cross freeway, turn right onto
South Hill Park Drive.
Driving directions
from Hwy 167 north or south:
Hwy 167 exit onto Hwy 512 west towards Puyallup, exit off Hwy
512 at the South Hill/Eatonville Hwy 161 exit.
Turn right off the exit, turn left onto South Hill Park
Drive.
The
Pierce Transit – Division of Public Safety
and the Transportation Safety Institute appreciate your support of
this FTA-sponsored training event.
Please contact Jason Hovde, Safety Officer at (253)589-6371,
if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jason
Hovde
Safety
Officer
