Metro worried computer failure could happen again

Published July 16, 2012 4:00am ET



Metro officials admitted Monday they are worried that a computer problem that halted trains twice over the weekend could happen again at any time, as they search for what caused a mapping system in the agency’s control center to fail.

The transit agency detailed its investigation into the glitch, ironically explaining what happened at an already scheduled announcement of new federal safety standards at the very site where the system failed.

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