The Washington Post reported yesterday on followups to the issues raised by the DC Metro Accident in June. Specifically, government oversight. While the federal government regulate the safe operation of buses, Amtrak, airplanes, and ferries, it cedes subway oversight to local panels.
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite having no significant influence over the MTA, which runs city trains and buses, and is a state agency, has called for a variety of different transit improvements as part of his reelection platform.
Recently, we decided to take a trip from our hometown of New York City down to Washington D.C. and started planning. Over the years, we’ve taken the plane many times, a car, and even the train. But we’ve never tried the bus.
Earlier this week, we reported on a monorail accident at Disneyworld in Florida. It appears that early reports on the accident were incorrect.
Investigators are looking into an accident at the Happiest Place on Earth. Early Sunday morning, a monorail at Walt Disney World in Florida killed 21-year old Austin Wuennenberg, the operator of one of the two trains that collided. The monorail, which has operated without fatality for 38 years, is shut down until the investigation is complete.
The New York Times reports that federal data shows that many cities are using outdated equipment. The issue was picked up recently due to the Washington DC Metro crash that left nine dead and many more injured.
Officials for the DC Metro have confirmed nine people were killed and seventy-five wounded in yesterday’s crash. What caused this deadly crash? Experts are looking at signal failure and/or operator error as primary possibilities.
