Planning of Metrorail’s SafeTrack Projects (podcast)

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

GAO Podcast IconIn response to serious safety concerns regarding Washington, DC’s Metrorail system, in May 2016 the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority started SafeTrack—a large-scale rehabilitation project. Along with addressing immediate safety concerns, SafeTrack was intended to tackle a backlog of track maintenance projects.

A team led by Mark Goldstein, a director in our Physical Infrastructure team, recently looked at the SafeTrack project, and safety and oversight issues with DC’s Metrorail. Listen to what they found:

 

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