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Feds looking at subway safety standards

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Stations like this CTA Red Line near State and Washington may see some changes as the Federal Transit Administration looks to implement federal safety standards for the first time.

Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, 2005

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Federal officials have begun drafting safety standards for the nation’s subway and light-rail systems, three years after a deadly crash on a line operated by the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority exposed vast gaps in oversight of trains that transport millions of people a day. “It’s important that nationally we all play by the same rules,” said Richard Sarles, general manager of the Washington transit agency.