Safety Advisory for Verification of Rail Vehicle Safe Stopping Distances in Terminal Stations

6/12/2014

Dear Colleague:

I write to address an urgent safety concern stemming from the ongoing investigation into a collision and derailment that occurred on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Blue Line on Monday, March 24, 2014. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing...

Update to Urgent Safety Advisory

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 in response to the National Transportation...

Urgent Safety Advisory: Enhanced Protections for Wayside Workers

12/31/2013

Dear Colleague:

I write to provide notice of FTA-recommended safety guidance in the wake of two urgent safety recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday, December 19, 2013. I also write to request information from rail transit...

Urgent Safety Advisory - Unintended Train Movements

10/4/2013

Dear Colleague:

I write to call your immediate attention to an urgent safety recommendation issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). As you know, on September 30, 2013, two Chicago Transit...

Actions to Establish and Finance State Safety Oversight Agency

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) will work together to ensure the safety of...

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

Alstom Transportation, Inc. - May 04, 2009

Joe QuigleyCustomer DirectorAlstom Transportation Inc.1 Transit DriveHornell, NY 14843

Dear Mr. Quigley:

I write in response to your April 22, 2009, letter, in which you ask the Federal Transit Administration to...

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

Asahi Seiko - February 25, 2009

Steve PoulosGeneral ManagerAsahi Seiko USA, Inc.6644 Paradise RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119

Dear Mr. Poulos:

This letter responds to Asahi Seiko’s request for a Buy America waiver for the Model SA-595 Compact Coin Dispensing Hopper, which is manufactured in Japan for...