COM/DGX/tcg Mailed 5/4/2007

Decision 07-05-014 May 3, 2007

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Revise General Order 164-C.

Rulemaking 06-10-004 (Filed October 5, 2006)

DECISION ADOPTING REVISED GENERAL ORDER 164

Introduction and Summary

This decision adopts certain revisions to General Order 164, Rules and Regulations Governing State Safety Oversight of Public Transit Guideway Systems (GO 164).

Section 99152 of the Public Utilities Code (Code) subjects any public transit guideway that was planned, acquired or constructed after January 1, 1979, to regulations by the Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures, and grants the Commission inspection and enforcement powers concerning these matters. In addition, section 99152 directs the Commission to develop an oversight program employing safety planning criteria, guidelines, safety standards, and safety procedures to be met by operators in the design, construction, and operation of transit guideways. The Commission carries out this oversight responsibility under GO 164.

Revision of GO 164 is necessary because of certain changes to Part 659 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations that were recently adopted by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The current version of GO 164 is GO 164-C; this decision adopts a revised version, which we issue as GO 164-D.