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News Archive

  • September 23, 2015

    Keith Stentiford
    Customer Director
    ALSTOM Transportation Inc.
    1 Transit Drive
    Hornell, NY 14843

    Re: Request for Buy America Waivers – Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor and "Arpege" Truck Axle Bridge

    Dear Mr...

  • September 23, 2015

    Keith Stentiford
    Customer Director
    ALSTOM Transportation Inc.
    1 Transit Drive
    Hornell, NY 14843

    Re: Request for Buy America Waiver

    Dear Mr. Stentiford:

    On June 18, 2008, the Federal Transit...

  • September 23, 2015

    Daniel A. Grabauskas
    Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
    Ten Park Plaza
    Boston, MA

    02116-3974

    Dear Mr. Grabauskas:

    I write in response to your letter dated September 3, 2008, in which you ask the Federal Transit...

  • September 23, 2015

    Alex Litchfield
    Sales Director, Transit & Parking
    MEI
    1301 Wilson Drive
    West Chester, PA 19390

    Re: Buy America Waiver

    Dear Mr. Litchfield:

    This letter responds to MEI’s request for a Buy America...

  • September 23, 2015

    Steve Poulos
    General Manager
    Asahi Seiko USA, Inc.
    6644 Paradise Road
    Las Vegas, NV 89119

    Re: Buy America Waiver

    Dear Mr. Poulos:

    This letter responds to Asahi Seiko’s request for a Buy America waiver...

  • September 23, 2015

    Joe Quigley
    Customer Director
    Alstom Transportation Inc.
    1 Transit Drive
    Hornell, NY 14843

    Re: Request for Buy America Waiver – Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor

    Dear Mr. Quigley:

    I write in response to your April 22,...

  • September 23, 2015

    3/22/2012

    Dear Colleague:

    I’m pleased to let you know that FTA has developed a new on-line instructional course for transit workers about the dangers of distracted driving.  I strongly encourage you to make this course a part of your...

  • September 23, 2015

    3/8/2013

    Dear Colleague:

    A recent review by FTA of several large-quantity bus contracts indicated widespread errors in how FTA recipients are conducting joint procurements and the assignment of options (a practice commonly referred to as “...

  • September 23, 2015

    2/7/2013

    Dear Colleague:

    The new surface transportation authorization statute, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), represents a fundamental shift in the way States and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)...

  • September 23, 2015

    3/10/2014

    Dear Colleague:

    I write to provide an update to the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Urgent Safety Advisory that was issued October 4, 2013, concerning unintended train movements. The FTA Urgent Safety Advisory was issued...