Questions over Metrolink report

Responding to an initial report by a Metrolink panel on the September crash in Chatsworth that killed 25 people, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday urged the panel to consider several critical areas, including the adequacy of current anti-collision technology and the impact of staffing schedules on crew fatigue.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

In a letter to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority's Commuter Rail Safety Peer Review Panel, Feinstein raised questions about some of the panel's initial conclusions.

Of particular concern, Feinstein wrote, was the panel's silence on the appropriateness and effectiveness of Metro- link's proposal to deploy an automatic train-stop system on part of its commuter rails before deploying the more advanced positive-train-control system sometime between 2012 and 2015.