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17 Jun 2015, 4:25 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
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. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 2:27 am by Steven D. Schwinn
Moss (D.D.C.) ruled this week that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority enjoyed Eleventh Amendment immunity from a former employee's suit under the National Transit Systems Security Act. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 12:15 pm
Sarah Lawsky (George Washington), The Washington Metro Crash and Tax: [T]he National Transportation Safety Board repeatedly recommended that Metro (more formally known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA) retrofit or replace these older cars, but Metro refused. [read post]
18 Dec 2017, 6:38 pm by Tom Smith
Nicholas’s feast day, the Archdiocese of Washington sat in federal court arguing for an emergency injunction that would require the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) to run our Christmas ad campaign on the backs of their buses. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 9:06 am by Carrie Levine
Emeka Moneme, a former chief administrative officer of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and a former city transportation official, is the new head of the Carmen Group's District of Columbia practice. [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 6:01 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) planning of SafeTrack did not fully align with leading project management practices. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 4:18 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today issued a Safety Directive 16-5 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority  (WMATA) requiring the transit agency to address the serious safety concern of stop signal overruns in its Metrorail system by implementing 11 required actions and expediting completion of prior corrective actions approved by FTA. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 12:26 pm
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to implement proper safeguards to protect workers on train tracks. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 12:26 pm
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to implement proper safeguards to protect workers on train tracks. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 10:49 am
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), announced on July 27, 2010, that it had completed its investigation into the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) train crash of June 22, 2009. [read post]
17 Oct 2021, 1:39 am by Lebowitz & Mzhen
The Metrorail, which is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), is the second busiest public transit system in the nation, with more than one million riders on the average weekday. [read post]
14 May 2012, 12:23 pm
Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and officials from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) urged the House of Representatives to pass the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) surface transportation bill. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 10:35 pm
Metro Remembers Victims of Its Deadliest Crash, Infozine.com, June 23, 2010 Related Web Resources: Washington DC Metro Train Accident Death Count Goes Up to 9 Fatalities, Washington DC Injury Lawyer Blog, June 24, 2009 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authorityy National Transportation Safety Board [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 2:00 am by Gwen Cofield, Contributing Editor
Facts of the Case Tracy Hall sued her former employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), for various employment-law clams, including a continuation coverage notice claim under the PHSA, for allegedly failing to provide an election notice after her termination of employment. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 8:38 am
A visit to the website of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA or Metro), the public transportation system in the nation's capital, reveals that the quasi-governmental agency finally seems to be serious about fixing its dilapidated rail lines. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 3:36 pm
Gregory Schoenburn and Kimberly Pifer, the widower and daughter of Martha Schoenburn, one of two pedestrians killed in a bus accident on Valentine's Day in 2007, have settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for $2.3 million. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 3:36 pm
Gregory Schoenburn and Kimberly Pifer, the widower and daughter of Martha Schoenburn, one of two pedestrians killed in a bus accident on Valentine's Day in 2007, have settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for $2.3 million. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 10:30 am
Paterson today announced the appointment of Jay Walder to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 3:20 pm
The Washington Post reports that in an eight-hour span over the Labor Day weekend motorcycle accidents in the metropolitan District of Columbia area left four people dead. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 7:19 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today issued a Safety Directive to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) requiring the transit agency to complete 12 actions to correct track integrity deficiencies in the Metrorail system. [read post]