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Complaints spur Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes a year

Metro will delay for a year the proposed changes to its SmartBenefits program after riders protested that they were unfair -- particularly one that would have had unused money reverting from their pretax payroll allocation to their employers. The ...

From LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company

Metro board backs safety monitors

The Metro board of directors ordered all agency employees Thursday to cooperate fully with the transit system's safety oversight body and executives to notify the board before denying a request from the group after recent revelations about Metrorail ...

From LENA H. SUN AND JOE STEPHENS, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Washington Post Company,  Jim Graham,  Barbara A. Mikulski,  Ray LaHood

Fed safety oversight of transit systems proposed

Under the proposal, the U.S. Department of Transportation would do for transit what it already does for airlines and Amtrak: set and enforce federal regulations to ensure that millions of passengers get to their destinations safely. Administration ...

From JOE STEPHENS AND LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amtrak,  U.S. Congress,  Washington Post Company,  Ray LaHood,  U.S. Republican Party

D.C. transit police chief to oversee safety officer

Metro is increasing supervision of its safety chief after complaints that she barred independent safety monitors from access to live railroad tracks, board Chairman Jim Graham announced Friday. Alexa Dupigny-Samuels will keep her title and duties but ...

From LENA H. SUN AND JOE STEPHENS, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Graham,  Washington Post Company,  Barbara A. Mikulski,  Ray LaHood,  Robert Menendez

Safety board to hold hearing on Metro crash this summer

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing in February into this summer's fatal Metro crash that killed nine people and injured 80 in Northwest Washington, a safety board source said Thursday. An exact date for the hearing is ...

From LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Transportation Safety Board

Metro agrees to allow monitors on live tracks

Metro board Chairman Jim Graham said Tuesday that the transit agency has lifted a long-standing ban and will allow independent safety monitors access to live subway tracks. Since spring, the agency had barred monitors from the body that oversees safety ...

From LENA H. SUN AND JOE STEPHENS, The Washington Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Graham,  Washington Post Company,  Barbara A. Mikulski,  Ray LaHood,  Robert Menendez

Senators want hearings, probe on Metro safety concerns

U.S. senators on Monday called for an investigation into potential safety lapses at Metro and announced that a hearing will be held after a report in The Washington Post revealed that subway officials had barred independent monitors from live tracks. ...

From LENA H. SUN AND JOE STEPHENS, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company,  Jim Graham,  Barbara A. Mikulski,  Ray LaHood,  Robert Menendez

Metro union goes to court over pay-raises

The union that represents most Metro frontline workers filed suit in federal court in Maryland on Monday asking the court to "confirm and enforce" the labor contract arbitration award issued last week. The action by the Amalgamated Transit ...

From LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Metro barred inspectors from tracks, data show

Since 2005, six Metro workers have been struck by trains and fatally injured while on the tracks. The most recent deaths took place in August and September. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or ...

From JOE STEPHENS AND LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Metro has barred safety monitors from tracks, records show

Since 2005, six Metro workers have been struck by trains and fatally injured while on the tracks. The most recent deaths took place in August and September. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or ...

From JOE STEPHENS AND LENA H. SUN, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

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