USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is working with specialist not for profit organisation Mitre to strengthen its safety management systems.
Over the course of the three-year contract Mitre will assess Metro’s safety culture, develop a plan to improve data analytics, and deploy a confidential voluntary reporting programme to lower the barriers to hazard reporting.
‘Mitre is leveraging our decades of experience in aviation safety to increase safety in all forms of transportation, from the roads to space’, said Dr Christopher Hill, Director of Surface Transportation at Mitre’s Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development. ’Our collaboration with Metro will lead to a stronger safety culture and increase safety for riders throughout the region.’
