Federal transportation officials have sent a “final warning” to New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), threatening to withhold up to one-quarter of its funds if the agency fails to revise its risk assessment for subway track workers.
In an Aug. 19 letter, Joe DeLorenzo, chief safety officer at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), accused the MTA of repeatedly using “flawed analytical approaches” to underestimate the safety risks track workers face on the job.
