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MASSACHUSETTS
SAY
TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY
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TanPark
PlKZa
8051011,
~1'\US81t$02116
July27,2009Mr.James
Aloisi
MiIlisac:husens
Tf'lU1sponatiOtJ
~rGCaryExecutiv.:Omceof
Transportation
10Partt
Plaza
Suite3170
Boston.MA02116
DearChainnllllAloisi. Thepurposeofthis
Icrtc:r
is
toexpress
O'lt
concernovertheflndings
ofthc:
recenr
NatiolUi!TransportatiOQ
SafetyBoard(NTSB)rellortandMBT
A
rnanacement'$
failure
tel
respond
to
widespreadpublic
concern
aboullilc5Cfindings.
The
NTSB
SummaryofFjnd,jl'lg~
waser
ticaloftheMBTAforfailingto
-tl\Sute
that's
hsfatigue
educationa.lllwarllI1lSl
proaram
isadequatefor
p~
of
helpingavoid
the
tragiccrashthat
OCCUlTe4
on
May28,2008.TteNTSB
alsocites"the
lack
of
a
positiv-etraincontrol
system"and"inadeqUaterequirements"for
train
operatorsto
reportsignal
t"aiIUJ'l~$01'1
theGreen
Line.
During
lbe
NTSB
hearing,
NTSBBoard
member
Robt:r1
SumwaJt
~idhe
"'.5
"(!lirlyincredulOus"
that
thllMBTA
doe:;
norbave
aformalsystemtocheclewhether
trainoperators
areobeyinl:signalsand
(oUowin&other
safetyrilles.Hwalsospoketo
the
"lackofa
safetyculture"
at1M
MBTA.
Givectha'
thereport
eelease
dale
was
scheduledmonths
in
advance,
the
BoaedIIDd!heP\lbllc
had
a
right
toexpectthatlb.
o.neral
Managas-
wouldhavepromptlyandI\1l1yrespondedtodlONTIiB'sfindingsandrccolDlJlel1dations,
It
i¥
verytroublingChat"'.haveyettoreeelve
I
detailed
rc:;ponse
from
the
Gcncl~1
Manager,
especially
since
the
NTSB
is
IIbo
investiptlnll
another
major
Green
l.ineaccidentwhich
OCCUlTedonMay8
1",
2009.BoththeOClleOlIMana&.erand\heChilliOperatingOfficerwerecollspicuouslyabsentderina
the
w(:cktheNTSB
n::portwas
released.The
onlycomments
by
Authoritymanagement
01\
rJleNTSB
Report
camelatoontheday
it
attheNTSB
hearins
OCCUlTed
b.)1
theMDTA
spOkesperson
wbo
thallllngc4a
key
NT5B
reccmmendation
to
implement
a
train
controlsystom
onthe
GroenLine. Since
thetragicGreen
Line
accident
thatcausedthe
dClathof
OJ)el'ator
TerreseEdmonds,the Boardhasbeen
clI!lCr10
receiveIheNTS
a's
recommendations.OverthGpastyej!oruur
concel1l$about
the
Gener.1
MKnagcr's
fcCUlland
commitment
havegrownas
the
MBTAcontinuestoexperience
an
increaseinrailvthiclcllccidents,
fire,
sl&nlllsystemfailutC$llI1d pOWetO~cs.
OnMay21",2009
theMBTA
c:xperiencI:d1\
mll$SiVi
sy:aem-wi<1epoweroutage
that
stranded
tens
o(tboWSllnds
ofpeopleinthe
lIubw&:,forseveral
hours,JusttwomonthslateronJul)'
180.
llIlothcr
power
outageagain
5trIIIlded
thousandsof
peoplefor
sIlVera!hoursonthe
CreenLine.
Again.me
GeneralManalerwuc<
Inspicllous!ynot
out
fronte)(l)lainiogthesefailures
to
theBoardor
the
public.
;t
of 00

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