WMATA's final SafeTrack plan to tackle safety, maintenance holes

摘要

The Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority (WMATA) released its final Safe Track plan, which is an accelerated maintenance effort that aims to compress three years worth of work into one year. The plan significantly expands maintenance time on weekends, weeknights and midday hours and includes 15 "Safety Surges"- long-duration track outages for major projects in key parts of the system. The plan addresses Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) safety recommendations and deferred maintenance backlogs while restoring track infrastructure to good health.