STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

505 VAN NESS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94106

 

 

(Electronically Transmitted No hard copy will follow)

November 6, 2017

Ms. Grace Crunican

General Manager

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
300 Lakeside Drive, PO. Box 12688
Oakland, CA 94604-2688

Subject: Response to Letter of October 30, 2017 regarding BART New Vehicle
Procurement (BNVP) Project.

Ms. Crunican,

This correspondence is in response to your letter dated October 30, 2017 regarding
the Safety Certification Verification Report for the BNVP Project and intent to
operate the new cars in revenue service. This letter is a denial to operate cars in
revenue service.

During a test run on November 3, 2017 with CPUC staff, the ten-car consists
experienced a failure to recognize the 10-car lineup (consist) and only recognized a
three-car consist. In turn the Operator lost control of the passenger doors. The
Operator was unable to open the doors at platform stops.

Please diagnose the issue and provide a detailed written explanation to CPUC staff
regarding the cause of the failure and how it has been corrected. After the
corrections have been made, another test run will be required for CPUC staff
observation. CPUC staff is requesting a test run throughout the entire revenue line
including stops at all the platforms.

Again, BART is denied permission to operate the new cars in revenue service until
the aforementioned issue and all issues have been corrected and an additional ride
check is conducted by CPUC staff.

Please contact Rail Transit Safety Branch Manager, Daren Gilbert, if you have any
questions regarding this matter.

Ms. Grace Crunican, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
November 6, 2017
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Thank you.

Sincerely,


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Elizaveta Malashenko,
Director, Safety and Enforcement Division

Cc: (via e-mail)

Grace Crunican
Jeff Lau

Roger Clugston
Daren Gilbert
Stephen Artus
Mike Borer
Steve Espinal
Colleen Sullivan
Jamie Lau