Comments on: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration’s Transit Safety Plan http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/hesitation-and-praise-greet-obama-administrations-transit-safety-plan/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david vartanoff http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/11/16/hesitation-and-praise-greet-obama-administrations-transit-safety-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-55991 david vartanoff Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:56 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=86231#comment-55991 From a WashPost article it seems WMATA was refusing access to outside monitors/inspectors hired by the local oversight commission. "Last week, an article revealed that Metro had barred independent safety monitors from walking along live subway tracks to assess compliance with safety rules. Since the ban began, two track workers have been fatally injured on the rails." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110818459_pf.html In press accounts of the lead up to the WMATA accident which killed several riders, it seems that a track repair was not rigorously enough inspected. If it takes the Feds to make WMATA shape up, then bring them on. From a WashPost article it seems WMATA was refusing access to outside monitors/inspectors hired by the local oversight commission.
“Last week, an article revealed that Metro had barred independent safety monitors from walking along live subway tracks to assess compliance with safety rules. Since the ban began, two track workers have been fatally injured on the rails.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110818459_pf.html

In press accounts of the lead up to the WMATA accident which killed several riders, it seems that a track repair was not rigorously enough inspected. If it takes the Feds to make WMATA shape up, then bring them on.

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