DC Metrobus Kills Woman Pedestrian

Another tragic accident happened in DC this week when a Metrobus struck and killed Stephanie Richardson, 47, as she was crossing the street after having just departed another Metrobus that was stopped.  This is just the latest in a sequence of tragic accidents involving DC Metrobuses with pedestrians and cyclists.  She was the first person killed by a Metrobus since September 2008 but this was the second high profile acident in less than a month.    Metro has recorded a deadly four months, with nine killed and 80 injured in a June 22 rail crash; a worker killed working a gravel spreading machine; a worker electrocuted at a bus garage, and another Metro employee killed by a train.  While I applaud the continuing investigations into these tragic accidents, I think it is pretty obvious by now that a top-to-bottom safety procedures review is warranted for both train and bus operators.