April 22, 2014

Edward J. Gill, Jr., Esq.
Thompson Coburn LLP
1909 K Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Mr. Gill:

I write in response to your renewed requests to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on...

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Q: Why does the FTA collect incident information?
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Reporting Manual for the National Transit Database.  Includes changes calendar year 2015 Safety & Security Reporting.

The Simplified Trips-on-Project Software (STOPS) is a series of programs designed to estimate transit project ridership using a streamlined set of procedures that bypass the time-consuming process of developing and...