Transit agency had two derailments and a track fire this summer; safety report cites 61 corrective actions, with multiple general managers since 2010 “incredibly disruptive."
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will lead an independent review of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in an attempt to find solutions to numerous operations, governance and financial issues that increasingly have compromised service on the 118-mile Metrorail system.
