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Pueblo Transit Launches Transit Watch

Public Awareness and Outreach Campaign

          Pueblo Transit has launched a new public awareness and education campaign patterned after the successful "Neighborhood Watch" program initiated in communities across the country.  Promoting transit as a community partner and safe haven, Transit Watch  targets transit employees, passengers and neighborhood residents with a call for active involvement in staying alert and working together to maintain a safe transit environment.

          Pueblo' s Transit Watch  program is part of a nationwide initiative developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA).  In the post 9/11 environment of heightened attention to safety and security, it is not surprising that public transit agencies nationwide are enthusiastically embracing Transit Watch.  In structuring the program, the FTA worked with the industry partners, including the American Public Transportation Association, the Community Transportation Association of America and the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transportation Security Administration.

          The Transit Watch campaign encourages everyone who works for or uses the Transit system to be aware of their surroundings and alert to activities, packages or situations that seem suspicious.  If something out of the ordinary and potentially dangerous is observed, it should be  reported immediately to the proper transit authorities or local law enforcement.

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call (719) 553-2725.  For details about the national Transit Watch program, visit the FTA's website at www.fta.dot.gov.