Safety reports blast Seattle, Boston transit agencies

摘要

TRANSIT AGENCIES ON BOTH COASTS must address critical safety issues in the wake of reports issued in December. Seattle's Sound Transit and Bostons Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority were found to have significant safety flaws in reports commissioned by each agency. The Sound Transit report followed the fatal December 2017 derailment of an Amtrak Cascades train on the Point Defiance Bypass, owned by the agency. The MBTA document came after several incidents, most notably two derailments in a four-day span in June 2019.