NTSB Safety Recommendation R-10-7

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Title: NTSB Safety Recommendation R-10-7

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

August 11, 2010

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NTSB Safety Recommendation R-10-7

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following

safety recommendation to the Board of Directors of the

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:

Elevate the safety oversight role of the Washington

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors by

(1) developing a policy statement to explicitly and publicly

assume the responsibility for continual oversight of system

safety, (2) implementing processes to exercise oversight of

system safety, including appropriate proactive performance

metrics, and (3) evaluating actions taken in response to

National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Transit

Administration recommendations, as well as the status of

open corrective action plans and the results of audits

conducted by the Tri-State Oversight Committee. (R-10-7)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2010/R-10-007.pdf

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