. >> reporter: lawrence claims official also at the fhwa are trying to make sure they don't get blamedor overlooking the crisis for years and that they glossed over one especially troubling test. >> you can see what happened to that car. and nobody on the road wants to be a driver in that vehicle with the steer tip of the guardrail slamming into your door. >> reporter: on the conference call, the fhwa said the amount of damage to the door exceeded guidelines, but added -- >> the driver exposed to the crash kps in this test would have been unlikely to have been at risk of serious injury from the folded rail impact to the driver's side door. >> reporter: the fhwa also concluded the e.t.-plus heads that were tested are the same ones that are on the road today. and cal trans also told me they will continue to ban the heads to be installed until a second review of the data is done perhaps by early summer. >>> that's abc 7 news drew tuma another check of the forecast. let's see what the future holds after this record day. >> the future holds a lot of warmth and dry weather in the next seven

i'm lisa -- [inaudible] with sound transit in seattle, and we've had a few projects that had fta fhwa and fra oversight on the same project. and some of the compliance issues got a little complex and i for one got a little confused. are there any efforts going on to kind of simplify or coordinate compliance issues across the modes? >> yes. [laughter] and we use the term harmonization. there's actually been a number of areas where coordination of programs and/or oversight between the modes has -- i'm very familiar with the circumstance that you're working on and frankly, you know each -- any particular project will have its own circumstances, and in this case we had fhwa and fta, you know, up through, you know washington leadership working to figure out a way to deal with that. with that circumstance. there's been a lot of discussion, for example between fta and fra in terms of better coordinating our nepa projects. we need to be able to, you know, insure that we're not making people do things twice. and so again, certainly on a case-by-case basis, we've tried to anticipate that. and a

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. >> the fhwa says amount of damage exceeded guidelines but added >> the driver would have been unlikely to have been at risk to serious injury from folded rail impact. >> also concluding it has been crash tested are the same as those on the road. caltrans told me they'll continue to ban installation until a second review is done perhaps by summer. >> some breaking news in napa. napa police have shot a suspect. the suspect is accounted for their words, we believe means there is who no search for anyone under way. we know spr people at the scene the suspect went to the hospital. police say they'll be in the area sometime. our breaking news continues now on twitter. >>> a heart breaking end to victims of a fire that damaged several buildings last month the fire broke out february 21st. now, looters have broken in, stealing what belongings were left. it's a story you'll see own only on abc7. >> hard to believe someone would sink so low but it happened the building was the target of looters. police are investigating. >> the fire burned through three victorians last month. 19 people left with

. >> the fhwa says amount of damage exceeded guidelines but added >> the driver would have been unlikely to have been at risk to serious injury from folded rail impact. >> also concluding it has been crash tested are the same as those on the road. caltrans told me they'll continue to ban installation until a second review is done perhaps by summer. >> some breaking news in napa. napa police have shot a suspect. the suspect is accounted for their words, we believe means there is who no search for anyone under way. we know spr people at the scene the suspect went to the hospital. police say they'll be in the area sometime. our breaking news continues now on twitter. >>> a heart breaking end to victims of a fire that damaged several buildings last month the fire broke out february 21st. now, looters have broken in, stealing what belongings were left. it's a story you'll see own only on abc7. >> hard to believe someone would sink so low but it happened the building was the target of looters. police are investigating. >> the fire burned through three victorians last month. 19 people left with

frankly, you know each, any particular project will have its own circumstances, and in this case, we had fhwa and fta, you know, up through washington leadership working to figure out a way to deal, deal with that circumstance. there's been a lot of discussion, for example, between fta and fra in terms of better coordinating our reviews and requirements for projects where there will be a freight element and a passenger rail element and a project that serves both and we need to be able to ensure that we're not making people do things twice. and so again, certainly on a case by case basis we've tried to anticipate that and, as sarah had say you know, early early intervention is much more helpful than getting down, you know, toward the end. so that also involves working in partnership with the project sponsor to make sure that we coordinate up front as well as we can. but beyond that, you know there's been i think a lot of folks generally on streamlining, that was a major focus in map21 and under the grow america proposal. and without a lot of specifics, i don't have it in front of me here, it d

and begin to work with the community, so fhwa or fta would be sort of a lead agency. but coordinating with the local community to identify the nature of the problem and the array of solutions that could be brought to bear. and i know a key point of all that is the coordination between the various entities that are involved to bring it together. one of the reasons why, again the safety management system approach, i think, is going to be so valuable for our transit agencies in terms of safety is that you'll need to ask the question. you know for my system how important is the connection with pedestrian interface. do i have a number of -- is this a centerpiece, say, for my new bike network i'm building in my community because i'm actually encouraging lots of people to come to my station on bikes. therefore, who would i work with at the public works department in the jurisdiction where i am to ensure that the right, you know lighting or fixtures or something are in place. so, i think all of that is to say we're recognizing it's a very dynamic and very sort of case-specifi

and begin to work with the community, so fhwa or fta would be sort of a lead agency. but coordinating with the local community to identify the nature of the problem and