The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight of all rail transitagencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 2003, analyzes rail fixed guideway system accident statistics using information provided by state oversight agencies, and documents the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 2003, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions.

The Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis 2002 Annual Report (formerly SAMIS) is a compilation and analysis of mass transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) National Transit Database Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds in the United States during 2002.

In support ofthe Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Electric Drive Strategic Plan (EDSP), this report assesses state-of-art advances inlithium-ion batteries, ultracapacitors, and relatedpower management and controltechnologies for the rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS) on-board existing and emerging electric drive buses. RD&T roadmaps for near-, mid-, and long-term are developed for FTA and potential partners developing next generation electric drive buses, based on a review of technical literature, and inputs from experts and transit stakeholders regarding lessons learned, knowledge gaps, and priority RD&T needs. Illustrative projects up to 2020 are proposed based on the identified priority needs in these roadmaps. They promise to advance RESS technologiesfrom research, development, demonstration, test and evaluationto full integration in more fuel efficient, environmentally sustainable, and cost-effectivecommercial electric drive transit buses.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the National Park Service (NPS) faces a daunting challenge in its mission: to preserve and protect the natural and cultural resources within the nearly 400 national park units while providing transportation systems adequate to accommodate growing visitation-up from 220 million recreation visits in 1980 to more than 277 million in 2002, an increase of more than 25 percent. Because one traditional response-building additional transportation infrastructure-is no longer considered a sustainable or desirable solution to park access, congestion, and environmental problems, meeting this challenge requires careful transportation planning and consideration of new methods and technologies. One such set of technologies, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), represents practical alternatives to building new or expanded roads as the only solution to meeting growing travel demand. NPS has already deployed ITS technologies in several parks; experiences to date indicate that there are many other circumstances under which ITS has the potential to help NPS better manage its transportation systems.

This study, performed by the U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, evaluates the feasibility of a shuttle system that would connect south Baltimore and Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine with the Inner Harbor area of the city of Baltimore. In addition to examining the creation of a new service, this study also investigates the possible incorporation of a shuttle system into existing and/or proposed transit systems, specifically the Charm City Circulator.

At 10:50 a.m. on October 13, 2003, a 1992 Neoplan USA Corporation 49-passenger motorcoach, owned and operated by the First Baptist Church of Eldorado, Texas, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 20 neat Tallulah, Louisiana.

The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center was asked by the Office of Security of the Maritime Administration to examine the issue of industrial control systems (ICS) security in the Maritime Transportation System (MTS), and to develop a white paper based upon its findings for circulation amongst MTS stakeholders. In evaluating the issue, this paper first discusses the role of the MTS as part of the domestic and international transportation system and global supply chain, and provides examples of the economic impact of past natural and manmade disruptions to the MTS. It next explores the uses and applications of ICS throughout the MTS, identifies potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities of ICS, and provides examples of possible ICS failures and the potential impact on the MTS. Finally, the paper explores the issue in the context of Federal policy governing critical infrastructure, cybersecurity and supply chain resilience, and makes a number of recommendations that government agencies and the private sector might consider in order to mitigate the ICS security risks.

On November 28, 2004, about 0958 mountain standard time,1 a Canadair, Ltd., CL-600-2A12, N873G, registered to Hop-a-Jet, Inc., and operated by Air Castle Corporation doing business as Global Aviation Glo-Air flight 73, collided with the ground during takeoff at Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado. The on-demand charter flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and snow was falling. Of the six occupants on board, the captain, the flight attendant, and one passenger were killed, and the first officer and two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was en route to South Bend Regional Airport (SBN), South Bend, Indiana.

On March 3, 1991, about 0944 mountain standard time, United Airlines flight 585, a Boeing 737-291 (737-200), N999UA, crashed while maneuvering to land on runway 35at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Flight 585 wasoperating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduleddomestic passenger flight from Denver, Colorado, to Colorado Springs. Numerouswitnesses reported that, shortly after completing its turn onto the final approach course, the airplane rolled steadily to the right and pitched nose down until it reached a nearlyvertical attitude before hitting the ground. The 2 flight crew members, 3 flight attendants, and 20 passengers aboard were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forcesand fi

On June 1, 1999, at 2350:44 central daylight time, American Airlines flight1420, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N215AA, crashed after it overran the end ofrunway 4R during landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. Flight1420 departed from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, about 2240 with 2flight crewmembers, 4 flight attendants, and 139 passengers aboard and touched down inLittle Rock at 2350:20

This memorandum documents a field test conducted on October 26, 2000 in Philadelphia, PA for the proposed Independence Transportation Center.