Scathing report of WMATA ROCC culture

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tr ... _story.htm


The 50-page audit by the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) notes deep cultural, communication and organizational flaws in the agency’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC), dating to the 1980s and persisting despite repeated calamities, federal investigations, reviews and mandates for changes. The audit said ROCC managers don’t just ignore orders to reform — they also continue to be resistant to change.

“The culture fostered by ROCC and [Office of Rail Transportation] leadership is toxic and antithetical to safety and other standards,” says the audit, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post.
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Those wanting to read the source material of this news story go to wmsc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/WMSC_ROCCAudit_2020-09-08_.pdf. (6.0 MB PDF file)

I scanned through the document and found corrective action that I concluded could aid in employee competency and efficiency several years ago. Findings 9, 11 and 13.

Finding 7. WMATA should take a que from the FFA and limit controllers to a defined amount of hours per day.

I read the article and the report.

There's going to be some firings soon... and it can't come soon enough.

A fitting punishment.
Take away their licenses, and force them them to use WMATA as primary means of getting around.
Ones own life being at stake will force a change of culture.

It's starting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tr ... story.html

Metro has temporarily reassigned a top rail official and launched an outside review after an independent safety commission alleged interference with its work, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.

Lisa Woodruff, Metro’s senior vice president for rail services, will temporarily serve as a technical adviser while an outside law firm reviews allegations by the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission that Woodruff “may have violated safety or other policies or procedures,” according to an email Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld sent employees Wednesday.

The commission, in a sharply critical audit released Tuesday, said Woodruff told controllers in Metro’s rail operations center not to speak with the commission and “to resist required corrective actions.”