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WMSC: red-signal overruns rising in 2024; oversight increases and pilot training highlighted
Summary
WMSC staff reported 12 red-signal overruns through Sept. 1, 2024—up from nine in 2023—and identified contributing factors including communications failures, noncompliance with procedures, radio quality issues, and gaps in supervisory oversight; commissioners urged more territory familiarization, simulator training and systemic fixes.
WMSC investigators told commissioners that red-signal overrun events have increased in 2024 and that the agency is stepping up independent reviews of MetroRail data and oversight work.
Mister Quigley said the commission’s data review identified 12 red-signal overruns so far this year, surpassing nine reported in 2023. He described recent cases—Downtown Largo (Aug. 30) and others from January and February 2024—where operators or maintenance crews moved past red signals without positive confirmation because…
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