Supporting Documents Used to Identify Gaps in Training
Extensive public hearing discussion regarding the training and qualification limitations of State Safety Oversight (SSO) personnel:
February 24, 2010 -- Day 2 of NTSB Public Hearing on the Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Trains Near Fort Totten Station, Washington, DC, June 22, 2009
Witness Panel 3: The Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) Oversight of WMATA
Witness Panel 4: State Safety Oversight of Rail Transit Systems
Witness Panel 5: Federal Safety Oversight of Rail Passenger Systems
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/96.aspx
http://dms.ntsb.gov/public%2F47500-47999%2F47789%2F436946.pdf
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports with Discussion and/or Findings relating to SSO training and qualification:
RAIL TRANSIT: Reliability of FTA's Rail Accident Database, GAO-11-217R, Jan 31, 2011
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate RAIL TRANSIT: Observations on FTA’s State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Its Oversight Role (PDF), Statement of David J. Wise, Director Physical Infrastructure Issues
RAIL TRANSIT: Observations on FTA’s State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Oversight Role, GAO-10-293T, Dec 8, 2009
RAIL TRANSIT: Additional Federal Leadership Would Enhance FTA's State Safety Oversight Program, GAO-06-821, Jul 26, 2006
Congressional Research Service
The Federal Role in Rail Transit Safety, July 6, 2009 (PDF)
U.S.DOT Office of Inspector General
Challenges to Improving Oversight of Rail Transit Safety and Implementing an Enhanced Federal Role (PDF), Federal Transit Administration, Report Number: MH-2012-048
Date Issued: January 31, 2012
National Transportation Safety Board
Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail Trains Near Fort Totten Station (PDF)
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 2009
Collision between Two Miami-Dade Transit Metromovers (PDF)
Miami, Florida
July 20, 2010
NTSB Number: RAB-12-06
Approved: August 2, 2012 PDF
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Derailment (PDF)
Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2010
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Rear-end collision (PDF)
Falls Church, Virginia
November 29, 2009
NTSB Number: RAB-12-04
Adopted: May 17, 2012
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Hi-Rail Maintenance Vehicle Strikes Two Wayside Workers Near the Rockville Station (PDF)
Rockville, Maryland
January 26, 2010
Miami International Airport, Automated People Mover Train Collision with Passenger Terminal Wall (PDF)
Miami, Florida
November 28, 2008
San Francisco Municipal Railway Transit System (MUNI) Collision (PDF)
July 18, 2009
Collision of Two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Light Rail Passenger Trains (PDF)
Boston, Massachusetts
May 8, 2009
Derailment of Chicago Transit Authority Passenger Cars on Elevated Track (PDF)
Chicago, Illinois
May 28, 2008
Collision between Two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line Trains (PDF)
Newton, Massachusetts
May 28, 2008
Derailment of Chicago Transit Authority Train Number 220 between Clark/Lake and Grand/Milwaukee Stations (PDF)
Chicago, Illinois
July 11, 2006
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Strikes Wayside Workers Near Eisenhower Avenue Station (PDF)
November 30, 2006
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train Strikes Wayside Worker Near Dupont Circle Station (PDF)
May 14, 2006
Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train near the Mt. Vernon Square Station (PDF)
January 1, 2007