The Washington Post, 6/24/17:
Metro’s 7000-series trains still lack protective barriers for visually impaired riders
Nearly a year after a blind person fell into a gap between two of Metro’s new 7000-series rail cars and avoided being crushed by the train by scrambling out, there are still no new protective barriers between some of the cars to prevent a repeat of the incident.
Metro has been working on the problem since September, when the agency informed federal officials it would immediately begin installing new barriers on yet-to-be-delivered cars in the new fleet and then retrofit the cars already in its possession by the end of this year.
But nine months later, Metro says it is working on a final design for a fix and has pushed back the timeline for retrofitting cars to early-to-mid-2018. Meanwhile, at least 160 7000-series rail cars have been delivered to Metro, none of which have a modified design.
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The Washington Post, 10/10/16:
Metro to retro-fit 7000-series railcars to prevent visually-impaired riders from falling between