A more robust way. All of the gaskets were replaced again under warranty. So that we didnt have water in the cameras. The second issue that were experiencing and that were still troubleshooting is in some instances, the cameras will freeze or pixelate, requiring them to bring the train in or have a mechanic review it. We would never operate a train without fully functioning monitors. So we are working through those issues, as we experience them. But they are software related. Chair peskin thank you for your candor around all of those issues. We have a number of people for Public Comment. Commissioner walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, chair peskin, and thank you for your presentation. A few questions this is just for my clarity, it may sound like a silly question. As were working through the improvements and get ising to a point getting to a point of ordering new vehicles, are they redesigning and making the improvements on the vehicles we order in the future, that were curre
Yee absent. We have quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. With that well go to the chairs report. Colleagues, this month we began with we begin with congratulations to the Bay Area Rapid transit district, for its award last week of a longawaited 300 million core capacity grant from the federal transit administration. This award is the first installment of what potentially could be 1. 2 billion pursuant to a full Funding Grant agreement, to boost capacity on barts transbased service by over 30 , increasing the current 23 tencar trains per hour to 30 trains per hour. I think we all agree this is good news for the 28,000 people that travel by bart across the bay during the peak. Twice number who travel by car on the bay bridge. Barts program is extensive, consisting of 300 new rail cars, train control upgrade, and new maintenance facilities. This is what riders have been asking for and its really something transformative for our Regional Transit system. Our thanks go to our bay area congres
On the bredas, it requires the twostep movement. And what we found, several years ago, is that operators could not do that movement quickly and reliably in the face of an immediate danger. So we went through a very big campaign. It was titled, you know, the mushroom is not poisonous. The mushroom is your friend. We basically invested all of this training and muscle memory for our operators to hit that emergency button. I am not willing to try to ask our operators to modify that muscle memory, whether or not theyre in a breda or an lrv4. Were continuing to emphasize pushing the mushroom for safety reasons, as were in this process of using a mixed fleet. But that being said, given the frequency that were seeing emergency braking, we had four instances last week alone. We do think we need to pursue a design change, so that we are not losing vehicle availability as a result. Chair peskin thank you for those answers. And we look forward to our next update. And good luck particularly around
Of going through our train washer, the way the cameras were sealed with an exterior gasket, was not holding up to our washers. And that was something that shouldnt have been designed in a more robust way. All of the gaskets were replaced again under warranty. So that we didnt have water in the cameras. The second issue that were experiencing and that were still troubleshooting is in some instances, the cameras will freeze or pixelate, requiring them to bring the train in or have a mechanic review it. We would never operate a train without fully functioning monitors. So we are working through those issues, as we experience them. But they are software related. Chair peskin thank you for your candor around all of those issues. We have a number of people for Public Comment. Commissioner walton. Supervisor walton thank you so much, chair peskin, and thank you for your presentation. A few questions this is just for my clarity, it may sound like a silly question. As were working through the i
Yee absent. We have quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. With that well go to the chairs report. Colleagues, this month we began with we begin with congratulations to the Bay Area Rapid transit district, for its award last week of a longawaited 300 million core capacity grant from the federal transit administration. This award is the first installment of what potentially could be 1. 2 billion pursuant to a full Funding Grant agreement, to boost capacity on barts transbased service by over 30 , increasing the current 23 tencar trains per hour to 30 trains per hour. I think we all agree this is good news for the 28,000 people that travel by bart across the bay during the peak. Twice number who travel by car on the bay bridge. Barts program is extensive, consisting of 300 new rail cars, train control upgrade, and new maintenance facilities. This is what riders have been asking for and its really something transformative for our Regional Transit system. Our thanks go to our bay area congres