A House hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this month addressed tougher regulations on bus companies. The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Anne Ferro, asked legislators to give her agency more power to crack down on bus companies in the long distance bus industry. Ms. Ferro said that 2011 has been the worst...
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Two Metro Buses Collide in Southeast DC
Two Metrobuses collided earlier this month in Southeast DC near the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue and W Street, according to a Washington, D.C. fire department spokesperson. The bus accident happened at approximately 2:45 p.m. when one bus collided with the back end of...
Read MoreMetro Train Operators are Running Red Lights
Late last month, a Metro train operator ran a red light at the Shady Grove rail yard at approximately 5:30 a.m. Although the train did not have any passengers aboard, it was the third red-light violation by a Metro driver in two weeks. Just the day before, Metro ordered safety meetings to address...
Read MoreMetro Escalators Won’t Get You Moving
Are you having trouble finding a working escalator in a DC Metro station? It is because there are not many of them. The result is thousands of commuters walking up and down immobilized escalators or bottlenecking through a single working one. Many are often forced...
Read MoreDC Metro to Receive up to $300 Million to Replace 30-Year-Old Trains and Improve Safety
The federal government is giving a big boost to the Metro regional transit system. This comes in the wake of the 2009 Red Line train crash that killed nine people near Fort Trotten. The U.S. Department of Transportation made the $150 million annual payment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority through the...
Read MoreFederal Safety Board Blasts DC Metro for Negligent Safety Attitude and Defective Machinery
The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) recently completed its investigation of the DC Metro accident that killed nine people in June of 2009. The accident occurred just after 5 p.m. during the busy rush hour commute home. A red line Metro train slammed into the back of another one outside of Fort...
Read MoreDC Metro Authority Removes 100 Rail Cars from Service for Circuit Repairs
The Washington Metro Transit Authority removed several rail cars from service a few weekends ago due to safety problems. The move affected rush hour commutes the following week and authorities expect such delays to last several, additional weeks as up to 100 rail cards require servicing. Metro officials tested the aging cars and learned...
Read MoreTrain Kills CSX Employee While He Was Inspecting Another Train
Trains are involved in an accident with a person or a vehicle every 115 minutes in the United States. There are many reasons for such accidents. Railroad crossings may have inadequate warning lights or no warnings at all. Sometimes there is debris on railroad tracks that causes a train to derail. Other times,...
Read MoreAnother Metro Bus Driver Caught Texting While Driving
If you would like more information about negligent Metro and bus operators, contact Washington, D.C. personal injury lawyer David M. Schloss of McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis L.L.P. Despite the accidents, injuries, and...
Read MoreSenators Look Into String of Metro Accidents
Federal Intervention Possible After Deaths If you would like more information about personal injuries stemming from Metro accidents, contact Washington, D.C. personal injury lawyer Kelly Fisher...
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