• WMATA Compact – Annotated 2009
• WMATA Board Bylaws (Adopted June 2018)

• WMATA FY2023 Proposed Budget
• WMATA Six-Year Capital Funding Agreement FY 2022- FY 2027
• WMATA Keeping Metro Safe, Reliable and Affordable Plan FY 2019- FY 2028 (2019)

• HB1414/SB890 Omnibus Transportation Bill (2020 Session)
• HB1539/SB856 Omnibus Transit Funding (2018 Session)
• VA Code 33.2-3400 WMATA Capital Fund (2018 Session)
• VA Code 33.2-3500 Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund (2018 Session)
• VA Code 33.2-3100.1 Metro Reform Commission (2017 Session)
• VA Code 33.2-3101 Metro Safety Commission (2017 Session)
• Appointments to WMATA Board and Board Member Requirements (Excerpt from VA Code 33.2 1907)
• WMATA Capital Fund (Virginia Code 33.2)
• Overview of WMATA-Related Provisions of HB1539/SB856 (2018)
• CTB Resolution: Approval of Policy and Guidelines for Implementation of Governance and Funding Reforms for WMATA (2021)

• LaHood Final Report – Ray LaHood December 2017
• Metro Technical Panel Final Report – MWCOG CAO April 2017
• WMATA Benchmarking Highlights – July 2016
• Moving Metro Forward – MWCOG 2010
• Issues Related to Providing Dedicated Funding for WMATA –  GAO 2006
• Report of the Metro Funding Panel – MWCOG 2005
• Washington’s Metro: Deficits by Design – Brookings June 2004

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) is an independent agency that oversees and enforces safety practices on WMATA’s Metrorail system. The WMSC is comprised of six Commissioners and three alternates with expertise in transportation safety and represent Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland.  The WMSC reviews Metrorail’s safety plans, adopts investigation reports, considers Metrorail’s progress on Corrective Action Plans, and monitors and reviews Metrorail’s efforts to fix issues identified in investigations, audits, or other reviews.  The WSMC has substantially stronger safety oversight authority than the previous safety oversight agency, the Tri-State Oversight Committee.

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21^st Century Act (MAP-21) required new State Safety Oversight programs for all rail agencies in the United States.  The WMSC fulfills this role, and it was created through an interstate compact agreed to by Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and with the approval of Congress and the President.  The interstate compact was signed into law in August 2017.  After substantial efforts to stand up and staff the WMSC, the Federal Transit Administration certified the WMSC to assume direct oversight responsibility for Metrorail in March 2019.

NVTC supports the WMSC’s mission to ensure continual safety improvements in the Metrorail system.

Important WMSC Documents and Reports

• Annual Report on the Safety of the WMATA Rail System in 2019

History of NVTC Actions regarding the WMSC

• Resolution of support for the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission
• Resolution of support for WMATA safety oversight and compliance