• FTA report damns WMATA

  • Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.
Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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  by farecard
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 05272.html

By Lena H. Sun and Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 5, 2010
A federal investigation has identified pervasive flaws in rail safety at Metro and severe inadequacies in the agency responsible for oversight. Findings released Thursday call for widespread changes in how the nation's second-busiest subway system is supervised and managed.

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  by SchuminWeb
 
All signs point to the fact that Richard Sarles has his work cut out for him...