FTA Issues Safety Directive to DC Metro

FTA issued Safety Directive 16-2 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) requiring the transit agency to take corrective action to resolve 217 open safety findings. 

These safety findings were previously issued by the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC), the existing State Safety Oversight Agency for Metrorail, but will now be under FTA’s direct safety oversight.  Once Metro develops, and FTA approves, a corrective action plan, these items will be added to a tracking chart that lists the status of each required action so anyone can monitor Metro’s progress in addressing safety deficiencies.