Metro’s board of directors is slated to discuss how it governs the transit agency on Thursday — the first official meeting since two separate reports damned the transit agency’s structure, especially the board itself.
A task force of top business leaders and elected officials had made recommendations last month to restructure the board. Metro’s own Riders’ Advisory Council also came out with its own reforms, also recommending changes to the structure.
Both reports blamed the board for causing some of the problems with the agency’s safety culture that helped lead to the deadly June 22, 2009, Red Line crash.
The board meeting, though, is slated to occur behind closed doors in what the board calls an “executive session.” It was not immediately clear why the meeting would not be public; several key board members did not return calls in advance of the meeting.
