Episode 9
Ribbon Cutting for WMATA's New Integrated Command and Communication Center
Ribbon Cutting for WMATA's New Integrated Command and Communication Center
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) has inaugurated its new Integrated Command and Communication Center (MICC). The 14-story building in Alexandria, Virginia will serve over 1,400 employees and act as a technology hub, housing the data center, cybersecurity operations, bus and rail video teams, communication, and administrative support. The accomplishment marks the completion of WMATA's Office Consolidation Plan approved in 2018, which combined ten locations into three buildings.
00:00 Introduction
00:02 Unveiling WMATA's New Nerve Center
00:09 Features of the New Building
00:31 CEO's Statement on the New Center
00:43 WMATA's Office Consolidation Plan
00:59 Sign Off
Transcript
This is your Transit Unplugged News Minute.
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:The Washington Metropolitan Area
Transportation Authority, or WMATA, has
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:cut the ribbon on its new nerve center.
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:The new 14 story building, the Integrated
Command and Communication Center, or
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:MICC, is located in Alexandria, Virginia,
and will support more than 1, 400
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:employees and serve as a technology hub.
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:The building will also be home to the data
center, the cyber security operations,
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:bus and rail video teams, communication.
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:and administrative support.
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:WMATA General Manager and CEO Randy
Clarke said the MICC is a world class
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:control center that brings our rail,
bus, security, and maintenance operations
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:together in one place for the first time
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:The building is the third and final to
be completed as part of WMATA's Office
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:Consolidation Plan, approved in 2018.
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:The move consolidated ten locations into
three buildings and created a long term
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:revenue stream through a ground lease of
the former headquarters for development.
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:I'm Paul Comfort.
