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FTA Issues Safety Mandate to WMATA
FTA, which has been granted temporary safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) rail operations, has directed the agency to immediately inspect and correct safety-related conditions in tunnels and conduct safety briefings for relevant employees.
The mandate was specified in a mid-April letter from Thomas Littleton, FTA associate administrator for safety and oversight, to WMATA General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld. It cited eight actions that WMATA must take immediately and required WMATA to submit an overall plan by the end of April to address the cited conditions.
“FTA’s WMATA safety oversight team is on the job and will continue to oversee the transit agency’s safety activities until the local jurisdictions take responsibility,” FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers said in a prepared statement.
Wiedefeld previously announced that he will unveil a plan to address safety concerns in the coming weeks, and WMATA recently named former New York MTA safety official Patrick Lavin as its new chief safety officer.
In response to the FTA letter, WMATA said critical items are receiving “priority attention” and announced that Wiedefeld’s plan will describe its ongoing safety-related work, set deadlines and keep riders informed.
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