The Construction of the Evolution would like to send our thoughts and prayers to everyone who lost their lives in this tragedy.
With aging equipment and a high volume of riders, WMATA experienced its deadliest train crash in its history. As the spotlight begins to look for causes of this crash, many officials are starting to voice their displeasure with the fleet of train cars that the NTSB once recommended be replaced or taken out of the fleet. In an attempt to provide adequate service to its customers WMATA kept the recommended cars to be replaced and provided service to its customers with little increase in the amount of fare charged. For years there was no outrage or an dramatic budget increase for the three jurisdictions Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia nor was there any from the Congress. And as with any other tragedy that takes place the politicizing of the tragedy was quick to take off. For years our culture has been overlooking our crumbling infrastructure, now as it begins to fail around the country we are starting to notice the issues. We must begin to change our mindsets to be proactive and not reactive.
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