Curbing Transit Employee Distracted Driving

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 ongoing distracted driving program or fold it...

2013 Table 17: Energy Consumption

Contains data on fuel and energy use by agency, mode and type of service (TOS).

Keywords: gallons, kilowatt-hours, kwh, diesel, gas, gasoline, liquified natural gas, lng, liquified petroleum gas, lpg, propane, methanol, ethanol, bunker fuel, kerosene, compressed natural gas, cng, hydrogen, biodiesel, electricity, electric propulsion, battery, resources, alternative fuels

2013 Table 16: Revenue Vehicle Maintenance Performance Directly Operated Service

Contains data on vehicle breakdowns.

Keywords: major mechanical failures and other mechanical failures, vehicle malfunctions, system malfunctions, failure statistics

2013 Table 15: Operators Wages

FTA no longer produces this table. Provided data on operating time and wages spent on different tasks.

Keywords: platform time, straight time allowance, premium time, non-operating paid work time, employee information, operator statistics

2013 Table 14: Transit Operating Expenses by Mode and Object Class-Single Mode Bus Transit

FTA no longer produces this table. Provided the highest level of detail on operating expenses, but only for agencies that have only a single mode and type of service (TOS), which is bus.

2013 Table 13: Transit Operating Expenses by Mode Type of Service and Object class

Gives operating expense for each agency, mode, and type of service, divided among eleven expense types.

Keywords: salaries, wages, salary, wage, operators' salary and wages, drivers' salary, other, non-operator, non-driver salary and wages, fringe benefits, services, fuel,  lubricants, tires, other materials, utilities, casualty and liability, insurance costs, purchased transportation, miscellaneous

2013 Table 12: Transit Operating Expenses by Mode Type of Service and Function

Gives operating expense for each agency, mode, and type of service, divided among NTD's four expense functions.

Keywords: vehicle operations, vehicle maintenance, non-vehicle maintenance, and general administration, operations, agency operations, cost, financial reports, financial records

2013 Table 11: Capital Funds Applied by Type of Expenditure

Describes the capital expenses for each agency, mode, and type of service (TOS).

Keywords: guideway, track, road, station, administrative building, maintenance facility, rolling stock, vehicle, fare collection equipment, farebox, communication system,  revenue vehicles, information system, radio, computer, capital cost, modal totals, mode statistics

2013 Table 10: Directly Generated Taxes Dedicated at their Source for transit Capital Funds Applied

FTA no longer produces this table. Provided detail on directly generated dedicated sources of revenue applied to capital expenses.

Keywords: income tax, sales tax, property tax, gasoline (fuel) tax, capital assistance, national totals, national statistics, agency size, UZA size, service size

Mars Electronics - December 10, 2002

Cassius JonesIndustry ManagerMars Electronics International1301 Wilson DriveWest Chester, Pennsylvania 19380-5963

Dear Mr. Jones:

This letter responds to your correspondence of August 8, 2002, in which you request an extension of a Buy America non-availability waiver for the BNA57,...