The new chief safety officer for Washington, D.C.’s beleaguered Metrorail system has promised an aggressive revamp of the agency’s safety culture, correcting deficiencies that have resulted in deaths and injuries to passengers and workers and significantly compromised the 40-year-old network’s infrastructure.

Transportation projects accounted for 63% of last year's $111.6-billion total, followed by energy, with 34%.

Legislation directs DOT to write safety standards for natural-gas storage facilities and gives it authority to issue broad emergency orders.

The working group report is a response to last February's fatal crawler crane accident.

But the White House has threatened a veto and the Senate is unlikely to approve similar legislation.

URS exec takes CEO role at American Bridge; former Mace executive now is a VP at McKinsey.