Passenger Trains > Rep. Connolley: METRO "Culture of Mediocrity" Top to Bottom

New GM Wiedefeld takes over:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-chief-moves-carefully-to-bring-system-back-up-to-speed/2016/01/25/e0590810-c3a8-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html?hpid=hp_local-topic-chain_metrodelay415am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Some critics of Metro’s past failings praised Wiedefeld..

“He and his team have executed in­cred­ibly well, partly by managing expectations,” said James C. Dinegar, president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. “In terms of what they were telling people, they’re faster coming back.” Dinegar said Wiedefeld “knew some decisions were going to infuriate some people, but, candidly, they were the right decisions.”

(Congressman Jerry) Connolly was more restrained but still complimentary.
“He’s been handed one of the biggest blizzards in our history, and he’s proceeding cautiously,” Connolly said. “I think he has a monumental job turning around Metro, because it’s a culture of mediocrity that’s set in from top to bottom.”



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"Culture of mediocrity"... you don't say. And in other news, water is wet. This morning Metro is reporting "third rail damage" on the Orange Line, so there is no service west of Ballston, and the Silver Line is shut down entirely.  Now in "Day Three" of the cleanup.

Paul Wilson
Arlington, VA