NYC’s Subway System Must Improve Worker Safety, FTA Says (1)

New York City’s transit system must improve its safety procedures and state oversight needs to increase to avoid subway trains striking workers, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

The FTA is directing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the city’s subway, bus and commuter rail lines, to reassess its roadway worker protection program and develop corrective action plans to reduce the risk of employees being struck by trains when working on the tracks. The FTA is also instructing the state’s Public Transportation Safety Board to boost its oversight of the MTA’s safety programs with additional monitoring and monthly ...