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The program will allow bus employees, including those represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 922 to report safety concerns that otherwise might go unreported without fear of possible discipline.
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The unresolved safety findings cover nearly every aspect of Metro’s rail operations: maintenance, training, derailments, emergency egress, evacuations, fires, red signal violations and workplace issues.
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Wiedefeld will assume his position as Metro’s chief executive on Nov. 30, 2015, and receive an annual salary $397,500 plus standard benefits.
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Formerly serving as CEO of the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where he managed the operations of an airport that served a (then) record 22.7 million passengers in 2012.
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After corporate financial expert Neal S. Cohen declined the job, D.C. Council member Jack Evans said the second of two finalists “is still interested” in the position.
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Neal Cohen, 55, is a former top financial official in the airline industry, who became chief financial officer and executive VP of the aerospace company Orbital ATK in 2012.
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Specifically, FTA will ensure and verify that WMATA implements the 78 corrective actions related to Metrorail as well as the more than 200 other corrective actions previously approved by the TOC, but still unfulfilled by WMATA, some dating as far back as 2008.
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The shift, which only applies to rail operations, is not expected to change the transit agency’s day-to-day operations and Metro’s current management team will remain in place, report said.
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Through a structured environment of online surveys, polls and discussion forums, Amplify community members will have the opportunity to share their experience as riders and influence how WMATA responds to issues affecting those who use the system.
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In a letter from Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, he explained that under MAP-21 the FTA has expanded authority and should assume oversight instead of FRA.
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