Metro will have to meet the nation’s first federal safety standards for transit agencies under a compromise transportation bill expected to be approved by Congress Friday.

The language in the massive reauthorization package would give the Federal Transit Administration, or FTA, authority to set minimum standards for rail cars and establish national safety training programs, while improving existing state oversight bodies.

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