[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61688-61689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24363]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice of Meeting of the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety 
(TRACS)

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Transit Advisory 
Committee for Safety (TRACS). TRACS is a Federal Advisory Committee 
established by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide information, advice, and 
recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of 
Transportation and the Federal Transit Administrator on matters 
relating to the safety of public transportation systems.

DATES: The TRACS meeting will be held on October 28, 2014, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and October 29, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact 
Esther White (see contact information below) by October 17, if you wish 
to be added to the visitor's list to gain access to the U.S. Department 
of Transportation conference center.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
Oklahoma City Room. Attendees who are on the visitor's list can access 
the building by presenting a current state issued driver's license or 
state non-driver's license, or any valid Federal identification (ID). 
All identification must be a picture ID. Although this meeting is open 
to the public, the meeting facility is in a secure building. Attendees 
who have not pre-

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registered with FTA must be cleared by FTA personnel on site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is provided in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2). 
TRACS is a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide 
information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. 
Department of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 
Transit Administration on matters relating to the safety of public 
transportation systems. TRACS is currently composed of 28 members 
representing a broad base of expertise necessary to discharge its 
responsibilities. The first meeting of TRACS was held on September 9-
10, 2010. For information on TRACS activities, please visit the TRACS 
Web site at: http://www.fta.dot.gov/13099.html.
    The TRACS members are:

Samir A. Ahmed, Oklahoma State University School of Civil & 
Environmental Engineering
William Bates, United Transportation Union
Bernadette Bridges, Maryland Transit Administration
Jeffrey C. Carlson, VIA Mobility Services
James Dougherty, Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority
David Genova, Regional Transportation District (Denver)
William Grizard, American Public Transportation Association
David Harris, New Mexico Department of Transportation
Susan Hausmann, Texas Department of Transportation
Georgina Heard-Leone, Illinois Department of Transportation
Rick Inclima, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division
Jackie Jeter, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 689
Timothy H. Kelly, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Cheryl Kennedy, New York City Transit Authority
Vijay Khatami, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Paul King, California Public Utilities Commission
Richard Krisak, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Tamara Lesh, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Rad Nichols, Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation
Ronald W. Nickle, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Alvin Pearson, Memphis Area Transit Authority
Karen Philbrick, Mineta Transportation Institute
Harry Saporta, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of 
Oregon
Scott A. Sauer, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Nagal Shashidhara, New Jersey Transit
Brian Sherlock, Amalgamated Transit Union
Ed Watt, Amalgamated Transit Union
Victor B. Wiley, Florida Department of Transportation

    The agenda for the seventh meeting of TRACS is set forth below:

Agenda

(1) Welcome Remarks/Introductions
(2) Facility Use/Safety Briefing
(3) Recap of TRACS Activities
(4) Future TRACS Activities/Deliverables
(5) Public Comments
(6) Wrap Up

    This meeting will be open to the public; however, the U.S. 
Department of Transportation is a secured facility and persons wishing 
to attend must contact Esther White, Office of Transit Safety and 
Oversight, Federal Transit Administration, (202) 366-0198; or at 
[email protected] by close of business October 17, 2014, to have your name 
added to the security list. Members of the public, who wish to make an 
oral statement at the meeting or seek special accommodations, are also 
directed to make a request to Esther White, Office of Transit Safety 
and Oversight, Federal Transit Administration (202) 366-0198; at 
[email protected] on or before the close of business October 17, 2014. 
Members of the public may submit written comments or suggestions 
concerning the activities of TRACS, at any time before or after the 
meeting, at [email protected], or to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Federal Transit Administration, Office of Transit Safety and Oversight, 
Room E46-107, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Attention: Esther White. Information from the meeting will be posted on 
FTA's public Web site at http://www.fta.dot.gov/13099.html on the TRACS 
Meeting Minutes page. Written comments submitted to TRACS will also be 
posted at the above web address.

Therese W. McMillan,
Acting Administrator.
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