FTA: Fixing D.C. rail system “a long and difficult task”
Improving worker protection on its "to do" list
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) temporary safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail system is seeing initial results across the system, FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers today told the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
“FTA is providing robust direct safety oversight that is identifying problems while at the same time guiding WMATA to implement needed safety changes,” said Flowers. “For every positive safety action taken by WMATA, we must realize it has a long and difficult task ahead to instill the strong safety culture that is required for true and lasting change.”