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| COVERAGE OF THE 2013 APTA BUS & PARATRANSIT CONFERENCE |
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| Public Transit Joins Effort To Fight Human Trafficking |
Almost 27 million men, women, and children are held against their will in America and trafficked into forced labor or prostitution.
The perpetrators use our trains, buses, ships, planes, and trucks.
DOT, APTA, and many other stakeholders have joined together as part of the Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking Initiative.
This initiative was the focus of a session at the APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference moderated by Bryna Helfer, Ed.D., director of public engagement, DOT; Kristen Joyner, executive director, South West Transit Association, Fort Worth; and Robin O’Hara, director, TAP Customer Experience, Regional TAP Program, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Each talked about ways public transit system operators can identify potential victims and call authorities for assistance.
More details on this partnership will be forthcoming in a future issue of Passenger Transport.
Components of the joint effort include:
Exchanging ideas and best practices;
* Measuring progress;
* Coordinating activities;
* Sharing training programs and materials; and
* Building the transportation sector initiative against human trafficking.
Helfer urged every public transit system and every CEO or manager to join in DOT’s efforts, saying it’s “everyone’s responsibility,” and called for messaging on every mode of transportation. O’Hara talked about her agency’s outreach efforts on buses and through brochures. Joyner talked about how the victims are “hiding in plain sight” but added that there are clues and signs that should help people identify a person in trouble.
Information about this effort is available here.
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Bryna Helfer, Ed.D. |
Kristen Joyner |
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