Metro News Release

For immediate release: February 4, 2015

Statement by Metro Board Chair regarding upcoming FTA safety inspection

The following statement from Metro Board Chair Mort Downey was released today in response to the Federal Transit Administration's letter regarding an upcoming safety management inspection:

“The Federal Transit Administration has an important role in transit safety under their expanded statutory authority, and we welcome their participation as all of us—Board, management, employees and other stakeholders --work to make Metro an even safer system. A similar collaborative review with FTA in 2012 helped to document WMATA’s considerable progress in strengthening our safety capabilities, and suggested areas of continued effort that we have followed through on since that time."

News release issued at 5:12 pm, February 4, 2015.