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“The audit calls the number of safety-critical defects “disturbing” and a sign of long-term lack of maintenance”

A couple jumps into the rear doors of the Circulator bus as the doors closes... they didn't quite make it.
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From WTOP:

Ninety-five percent of DC Circulator buses inspected by an outside firm had at least one safety problem so significant they should have been pulled from service, according to an audit obtained exclusively by WTOP…The audit calls the number of safety-critical defects “disturbing” and a sign of long-term lack of maintenance.”

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