The news coming out of this morning’s Metro Board meeting is that WMATA agreed to move all the older model, 1000-series rail cars to the middle of its trains. General Manager John Catoe announced the change, in addition to reiterating that all trains will continue operating manually until all of the system’s track sensors are inspected. The board today also made a big show of declaring the total replacement of all the 1000-series rail cars as a “top priority.” The passengers who died on Monday were riding in a 1000-series car that struck a newer model car from behind at a high rate of speed. The NTSB has already pointed the finger at Metro for the 1000-series car being responsible for making this crash more deadly than it might otherwise have been.