"According to the Washington Post this morning ‘experts familiar with Metro’s operations focused last night on a failure of the signal system and operator error as likely causes of yesterday’s fatal Red Line crash.’ At this morning’s press conference, an NTSB spokeswoman said it recommended Metro retro fit or phase out 1000-series cars. They did not. NTSB also recommended adding sensors to 1000-series cars. WMATA did not."
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This city is going to come down hard on WMATA if yesterday’s accident could have been avoided by following NTSB recommendations. I was impressed by Metro’s handling of my commute today, but WMATA’s history is less than stellar. Read this whole post to get a feel for what Metro riders experience and see on a day-to-day basis.
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