BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jack Evans, Chair (chosen by Board in Jan., 1-year term), 2019
Clarence C. Crawford, 1st Vice-Chair (chosen by Board in Jan.), 2019
James Corcoran, 2nd Vice-Chair (chosen by Board in Jan.), 2019
Appointed by Washington Suburban Transit Commission: Clarence Crawford, 2019; Michael F. Goldman, Esq., 2021. Alternates: Kathryn H. Porter, 2017; Malcolm L. Augustine, 2019.
Appointed by Northern Virginia Transportation Commission in Jan.: James Corcoran, 2018; Catherine M. Hudgins, 2021. Alternates: Christian Dorsey, 2019; Paul C. Smedberg, 2020.
Appointed by District of Columbia City Council: Jack Evans; Corbett A. Price, 2019. Alternates: Thomas J. Bulger; Jeff Marootian, 2018.
Appointed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation: David B. Horner, Esq., 2019; Steve McMillin, 2020. Alternates: Anthony E. Costa , 2018; Robert C. Lauby, 2018.
Paul J. Wiedefeld, General Manager & Chief Executive Officer
600 Fifth St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
(202) 962-1234; tty: (202) 638-3780
(202) 637-7000 (Metro bus & rail information)
(202) 637-1328 (customer relations)
e-mail: boardofdirectors@wmata.com
web: www.wmata.com/
Report (with Maryland Dept. of Disabilities & Dept. of Transportation) to Maryland General Assembly budget committees on plan for inclusion of Authority's measures in Department of Disabilities Managing for Results submission, Sept. 1, 2010 (Joint Chairmen's Report, 2010, p. 10).
Report (with Dept. of Transportation & Maryland Transit Administration) to Senate President, House Speaker, Senate Education, Health & Environmental Affairs Committee, & House Environmental Matters Committee on program to place recycling bins at transit stations due Dec. 1, 2011 (Chapter 134, Acts of 2011).
The Tri-State Oversight Committee is the safety oversight agency for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. In October 2015, however, the Federal Transit Administration also began to oversee the Metro subway, making Metro the first U.S. subway system to be overseen directly for safety by a federal agency. Following the federal certification process, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission will become the safety oversight agency.
In March 2009, construction began on a 23-mile extension, the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, from East Falls Church, Virginia, to Washington Dulles International Airport and beyond to Ashburn, Virginia. Phase 1 of the Project, known as the Silver Line, includes five stations and service from East Falls Church to Wiehle-Reston East, and opened in July 2014. Phase 2 extends Metrorail past Washington Dulles International Airport to Route 772 in Loudon County Virginia. Scheduled to open in 2020, Phase 2 will include six new stations.
In 2017, riders made 178 million trips on Metrorail.
An eight-member Board of Directors (& eight alternate directors) governs the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. To the Board, each Compact signatory appoints two members and two alternates. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation also appoints two members and two alternates. Formerly, these were chosen by the Administrator of the federal General Services Administration (Public Law 111-62). Board members and alternates serve terms coterminous with their service as members of their appointing bodies (Code Transportation Article, secs. 10-202 through 10-204).
Assisting the Board of Directors are two advisory bodies: the Accessibility Advisory Committee, and the Riders' Advisory Council.
Meetings: 1st Monday, 5:30 p.m.
The Accessibility Advisory Committee advises the Board of Directors on the needs of senior citizens and people with disabilities. The Committee, which meets monthly, is assisted by the Bus and Rail Subcommittee, and the MetroAccess Subcommittee.
Metrorail. The five-line Metrorail system opened in 1976 with a single line less than five miles long. In December 1993, a new four-station segment opened to Greenbelt, Maryland. The Blue Line was extended to Franconia-Springfield, Virginia, in June 1997, and the Red Line to Glenmont, Maryland, in July 1998, making Metro a 103-mile rail system of five lines (83 stations), linking Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia. In December 2004, the system increased to 106.3 miles with 86 stations following an extension of the Blue Line to Largo, Maryland.
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Phil Posner, Chair
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