Posts tagged Metro Safety
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Not quite “back to normal,” but closer: Metrorail projects continue as the agency restores most service
As Labor Day approaches, Metro riders can expect a lot of service changes, updates, and improvements. Here’s what we know so far. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: An unreported fire closed a station a year before a 2016 explosion. What did WMATA know about the risk?
An insulator caught fire and filled the Benning Road Metro station with heavy, thick smoke in a previously-unreported incident from August 2015. This came nine months prior to the insulator explosion in the Federal Center Southwest station in 2016, and raises new questions about what WMATA knew of the risks from its power system. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Two train cars pulled apart on the Silver Line on Saturday
A Silver Line train experienced a “pull apart” Saturday morning on August 25 after leaving the McLean rail station headed inbound to Foggy Bottom. The trailing three cars on the train separated from the lead five, causing the train to become disabled and leading to hours of single-tracking as Metro employees worked to move the train to a rail yard. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: New safety inspection reports show slow but steady Metro progress
New federal track reports aren’t glowing news for Metro, but they do show that the beleaguered transit agency has made progress in safety over the past couple years. Inspectors continue to find issues small and large, but Metro is slowly but surely repairing them, according to two new months of track inspection data released on Friday, July 27. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: After another rider falls between cars, Metro is ordered to speed up a safety fix
If Metro doesn't take “immediate action” to fix rubber barriers between its new railcars, it could lose federal funding. Three people have fallen in between 7000-series cars since 2016 — two of them this year. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Another train operator opened doors on the wrong side of the tracks
An Orange Line train operator opened the doors on the wrong side of his train on Thursday, May 3 at the Ballston Metro station. Such incidents still occur periodically, despite protocols put into place in 2008 to prevent them from happening. Keep reading…
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WMATA tightly leashed its watchdog for years, a new report says
Journalists have had a hard time getting Metro employees to go on the record about problems at the agency, and some say there's a “culture of paranoia and retaliation at WMATA.” Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand with Comet Pizza
Fake news terror; Carson tapped for HUD; The most violent offenders; Pink slip for track inspectors?; Who do you represent?; MoCo money talks; The Trump-FBI building connection; SmarTrip’s Trump wisecrack. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decision day for late-night service
The fate of late night; Political theater and the WMATA Board; Crowdsourcing accessibility; A breath of fresh air; Westbard power struggle; Phone theft is up; From Fannie Mae to condos; Mass transit on mass media; Fossil fuel failings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple Line setback, confirmed
More Purple Line delays; New DC school chancellor; Stop at the red; Airbnb in Arlington; What will the bridge park bring?; Budget shortfalls hit VA; Coming soon to a back road near you; It’s not easy being green; A lane of their own; And…. Keep reading…