CVOR Essentials for Transit - Navigating Compliance and Community Safety

CVOR Essentials for Transit - Navigating Compliance and Community Safety

• Date: June 23, 2025 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM EST
• Location: Virtual via TEAMS

Every transit customer, at some point in their journey, is a pedestrian. Road safety initiatives including Vision Zero, Community Safety Zones and Automated Speed Enforcement are widely supported by Ontario transit agencies and their employees. At the same time, new regulations are impacting commercial carriers' CVOR and Overall Violation Rates (OVR), and must be understood and managed.

The OPTA HR/Ops Committee has launched a CVOR Working Group to support members who are actively working to improve safety by reducing collisions and convictions, while ensuring a safe fleet.

Join us on Monday June 23rd for the first CVOR Working Group meeting. This webinar is for: (1) OPTA Transit Agency Members and their Municipal peers (register as a guest); and (2) OPTA Business Members that hold a CVOR

Agenda (Tentative)

1. CVOR 101- The Basics
   Alex Bugeya, President of Frontline Commercial Vehicle Solutions Inc., Safety & Legislative Consultant, School Bus Ontario, and a former MTO inspector
2. CVOR 101 - A Municipal Fleet Perspective
   Shari Nurse, Chief Fleet Safety Officer for the City of Ottawa 
3. Community Safety Zones, Vision Zero and Regulation 398/19 - Policy and Administration of Automated Speed Enforcement
   Geoff Wilkinson Executive Director, Ontario Traffic Council (OTC)

4. The Local Application of ASE Thresholds
   An OPTA Panel
   Gerry McIlhone, Brantford Transit; Ji-Yeon Lee, MiWay; Sean Sparrow, York Region Transit

5. CVOR Implications of the Westboro Transitway Inquest
   Ottawa City Council report on Coroner's RecommendationsSabrina Pasian, Chief Safety Officer OC Transpo.

Meeting login details will be emailed once you register.