Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Safety Report and Subway Tunnel Safety – “In response to concerns regarding the safety performance of WMATA, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conducted an organization-wide Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of the Metrorail and Metrobus systems to assess WMATA’s safety programs and compliance with its own procedures and rules, existing federal regulations and FTA Safety Advisories. To address the SMI safety findings, FTA issued a Safety Directive to WMATA with a number of required actions. FTA also performed a Safety Management System Gap Analysis to evaluate WMATA’s safety management practices. Concurrently, FTA conducted a regular audit of the Tri-State Oversight Committee that manages the federally required State Safety Oversight program of the WMATA Metrorail service. FTA also took action to improve subway tunnel safety nationwide in response to an urgent recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board following the January 12, 2015 WMATA Metrorail incident of smoke in a tunnel near L’Enfant Plaza. FTA is issuing a Safety Advisory and directing State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs) with jurisdiction over rail transit agencies to conduct audits to assess and inspect subway tunnel ventilation systems and emergency procedures.”
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