Local transit bigwigs named to safety panel

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Several local transit officials were tapped Wednesday to join a 20-person federal advisory committee to improve transit safety, an effort prompted by last year’s deadly Metro crash.

Metro’s new safety officer, James Dougherty, and Metro union leader Jackie Jeter were named, as was the Maryland Transit Administration’s Bernadette Bridges.

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