DC: As D.C. Taps a High-Profile Nominee, Metro Safety Commission Appointees Face Scrutiny from Council

When the long-awaited Metro Safety Commission gathers for its orientation Wednesday, the group will include two former chairs of the National Transportation Safety Board , the former head of the nation’s largest transit system, and a onetime executive of perhaps the country’s best-known transportation advocacy group.

Joining them will be a mix of homeland security experts and former public administrators with less clear-cut transit credentials but who officials say bring sufficient expertise to oversee the safety of the troubled Metro.

More than two years after the Federal Transit Administration took over safety oversight of the rail system, the new panel is moving toward federal certification after a lengthy legislative and appointment process.

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