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2010
TRIENNIAL ON-SITE
SAFETY REVIEW OF
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT RAIL TRANSIT SAFETY SECTION
RAIL TRANSIT AND CROSSINGS BRANCH
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SAFETY DIVISION
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
505 VAN NESS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
August 19, 2010
Final Report
Richard W. Clark, Director
Consumer Protection and Safety Division
2010 TRIENNIAL ON-SITE SAFETY REVIEW
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The California Public Utilities Commission's Rail Transit Safety
Section (RTSS) conducted this system safety program review. Staff
members directly responsible for conducting safety review and
inspection activities are: |Georgetta Gregory, Rail Transit Crossing |
|Branch Program Manager |
|Anton Garabetian - Senior Utilities |
|Engineer |
|Steve Espinal, Senior Utilities |
|Supervisor |
|Vincent Kwong, CPUC Representative to |
|BART, Utilities Engineer |
|Michael Borer, Vehicle Inspector |
|Raed Dwairi, Project Manager, Utilities |
|Engineer |
|Don Filippi, Senior Transportation |
|Operations Supervisor |
|Thomas Govea, Signals Inspector |
|Erik Juul, Senior Utilities Engineer |
|John Madriaga, Track Inspector |
|Arun Mehta, Utilities Engineer |
|Rupa Shitole, Utilities Engineer |
|Colleen Sullivan, Utilities Engineer |
|Jimmy Xia, Utilities Engineer |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 2. INTRODUCTION 2 3. BACKGROUND 3 BART Rail System Description 3
BART 2006 Triennial Review Recommendations Status 4 4. SAFETY REVIEW PROCEDURE 5 5. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 6
APPENDICES A. Abbreviation and Acronym List 13 B. BART 2010 Triennial Safety Review Checklist Index 14 C. BART 2010 Triennial Safety Review Recommendations List 15 D. BART 2010 Triennial Safety Review Checklists 16 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The California Public Utilities Commission's (Commission) Consumer
Protection and Safety Division (CPSD), Rail Transit Safety Section staff
(Staff), conducted an on-site system safety program review of the Bay Area
Rapid Transit District (BART) in May 2010. The on-site review was preceded by an opening conference with BART
personnel on May 10, 2010. Staff conducted the 2010 BART on-site safety
review from May 10 through May 21, 2010. The review focused on verifying
the effective implementation of the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP). Staff held a post-review conference with BART personnel on June 1, 2010.
Staff provided BART personnel with a synopsis of the preliminary review
findings and preliminary recommendations for corrective actions. The review results indicate that BART has a comprehensive system safety
program and has effectively implemented its SSPP. However, staff noted
exceptions during the review. These exceptions are described in the
Findings and Recommendations sections of each checklist. Staff made 8
recommendations for corrective actions as described in the 32 checklists.
These are distributed among the following departments: Transportation,
Maintenance and Engineering, and System Safety. The Introduction and Background Sections of this report are presented in
Section 2 and 3 respectively. The Background Section contains a
description of the BART rail system and a status of the corrective actions
resulting from the 2006 on-site safety review recommendations. Section 4
describes the review procedure. The review findings and recommendations
are listed in Section 5. The 2010 BART Triennial Safety Review Acronyms
List is found in Appendix A, Checklist Index in Appendix B, Recommendations
List in Appendix C and Review Checklists in Appendix D. 2. INTRODUCTION The Commission's General Order (GO) 164-D Rules and Regulations Governing
State Safety Oversight of Rail Fixed Guideway Systems, and the Federal
Transit Administration's (FTA) Rule, Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Part 659, Rail Fixed Guideway Systems: State Safety Oversight,
require the designated State Safety Oversight Agencies to perform a review
of each rail transit agency's system safety program at a minimum of once
every three years. The purpose of the triennial review is to verify
compliance and evaluate the effectiveness of each rail transit agency's
System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) and to assess the level of compliance
with GO 164-D as well as other Commission safety requirements. Staff
conducted the previous on-site safety review of BART in August 2006. Staff advised BART General Manager by a letter dated on January 27, 2010 of
the scheduling of the Commission's safety review on May 10-21, 2010. The
letter included 32 checklists that served as the basis for the review. Six
of the 32 checklists outlined inspection of track, operation, signals,
electric power systems, and vehicles. The remaining 26 checklists focused
on the verification of the effective implementation of the SSPP. Staff conducted an opening conference on May 10, 2010 with BART General
Manager, Assistant General Manager of Operations, Executive Manager of
Transit System Compliance, and BART Chief Officers. Staff conducted the on-site safety inspections and records review during
May 10-21, 2020. At the conclusion of each review activity, staff provided
BART personnel a verbal summary of the preliminary findings and discussed
preliminary recommendations for corrective actions.
On June 1, 2010, staff conducted a post-review exit meeting with BART's
executive and department managers. Staff provided the attendees a synopsis
of the non-compliant findings from the 32 checklists and discussed the need
for corrective actions where applicable.
3. BACKGROUND The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) began operation on September 11,
1972 with 28 miles of track in Alameda County, servicing from Oakland to
Fremont. The second segment opened on January 29, 1973, with 12 miles of
track extending the service from Fremont to Richmond. The third segment
opened on May 21, 1973, with 17 additional miles of track marking the
opening of the Concord Line. On November 5, 1973, service began between
Montgomery Street Station in downtown San Francisco and Daly City Station,
adding another 7.5 miles of track to the system. Transbay service began on
September 16, 1974, bringing the full 71.5 miles of track into service. On
May 27, 1976, the Embarcadero Station officially opened for revenue
service, bringing the total station count to 34. The Embarcadero Station
added no additional track miles.
Additional Extensions
The extension to North Concord/Martinez Station opened on December 16,
1995, adding 2.25 miles of track north of the Station. On February 24,
1996, Colma Station opened for revenue service, adding 1.6 miles of track
south of the Daly City Station. The Pittsburg/Bay Point Station was the
next to be opened for revenue service on December 7, 1996, completing a 7.8-
mile segment of the Pittsburg/Antioch Extension from the Concord Station.
The Dublin/Pleasanton extension opening followed on May 10, 1997, adding 14
miles of track and two stations to the system. The San Francisco Airport
extension opened on June 22, 2003 adding four stations and 8.7 miles of
track. Currently, the system operates five lines on 104 miles of track with
43 stations.
The BART system operates five lines. These are: . Fremont - Daly City Line . Dublin/Pleasanton - Millbrae Line . Pittsburg/Bay Point - SFO Line . Richmond - Millbrae Line . Richmond - Fremont Line
Current Extensions in planning/construction
Warm Springs Extension
The Warm Springs Extension Project will add 5.4 miles of track, extending
BART's railway system from the Fremont Station to the Warm Springs Station
in South Fremont. Staff has reviewed and the Commission has approved the
Safety and Security Certification Plan for this project in its Resolution
ST-80.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority/Silicon Valley Rapid Transit
Project
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority/Silicon Valley Rapid
Transit Project (VTA/SVRT Project) is a 16.3-mile extension beginning at
the Warm Springs BART Station in South Fremont, extending along the Union
Pacific Railroad line to Milpitas and then continues on to 28th and Santa
Clara Streets in San Jose. The extension will then proceed underground
through Downtown San Jose to the Diridon Caltrain Station. The BART
extension will then turn north under the Caltrain line and terminate at the
Santa Clara Station. Staff has reviewed and the Commission has approved the
Safety and Security Certification Plan for this project in its Resolution
ST-83. Status of the 2006 BART Triennial Review Recommendations Staff performed the previous triennial on-site safety review in August
2006. Staff made twelve recommendations for corrective actions out of the
thirty-three checklists. Results of the Year 2006 review demonstrated that
BART was in compliance with its SSPP. CPUC Commission Resolution ST-87 adopted staff's final report and ordered
BART to develop appropriate corrective action plan and implementation
schedule to respond to the issued recommendations. Resolution ST-87 also
ordered BART to submit quarterly status reports tracking the implementation
of these corrective actions through full completion. BART developed and submitted a corrective action plan and an im