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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today issued Special Directive 17-1 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) requiring the transit agency to complete 47 actions to correct deficiencies in...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced in a letter to the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia departments of transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) temporary safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail system is seeing initial results across the system, FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers today...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced the appointment of three new Federal representatives, each with considerable expertise in safety, to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) board of directors.
The incoming appointees...
Statement of Carolyn Flowers, Senior Advisor, Federal Transit Administration, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittees on Transportation & Public Assets and Government Operations re: Examining the Safety and Service of D.C. Metro
Statement of Carolyn Flowers, Senior Advisor, Federal Transit Administration, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittees on Transportation & Public Assets and Government Operations re: Examining the Safety and Service of D.C. Metro
More than 100 Inspections, Millions in Federal Funds Directed to Safety Priorities
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reported to Congress that it has conducted more than 100 inspections and directed...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approval of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) corrective action plan to improve the safety of its...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently conducted an inspection of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) rail and bus systems that identified organizational deficiencies and operational...