In case you missed this nugget in Sunday’s Examiner, Kytja Weir reports that the Tri-State Oversight Committee responsible for oversight of WMATA would like to see some proof that Metro’s decision to move its older, 1000-series rail cars to the middle of its trains is really making things any safer. The newspaper got hold of a letter sent to Metro on Friday which noted that the committee had previously requested that the agency perform a…

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…