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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2011

Web Extra: Maryland launches interactive voice response option for paratransit service

In the next few months, the MTA will launch the companion piece to the IVR system — Pass Web, which will allow customers to book their trips online.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2011

SFMTA board member dies

Cameron Beach, principal of Beach Consulting — a San Francisco-based consulting firm — joined the SFMTA's board in March 2007.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

D.C. Airport Authority delays naming executive director

S.F. MTA chief Nathaniel Ford is rumored to be the leading candidate to become executive director of the airport authority.

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2011

Amtrak, Md. MTA install new LED info board

The board is now in operation and marks the culmination of a two-year, $1.9 million project to upgrade signage throughout the station. The project was funded by the Amtrak/MARC Joint Benefits Capital Program.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2011

MCI delivers 18 Commuters to Md.

All 18 new coaches will be assigned to the routes, which MTA manages through contracts with local independent operators.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 16, 2011

S.F. MTA taps creative options to close deficit

Raising vehicle registration fees, creating a "transportation utility fee," raising parcel and sales taxes, or hiking off-streeting parking fees are options the agency may put to voters.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 9, 2011

Maryland commuter service to link riders to jobs

MTA will add to its commuter service with 18 new MCI Commuter Coaches.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 28, 2011

S.F. MTA begins phase 2 of light rail project

The $9.3 million utility relocation, to be completed by Synergy Project Management Inc, is expected to continue through June 2012.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 25, 2011

December blizzard costs N.Y. MTA $30 million

Workers called in to operate the system’s buses, subways, railroads and crossings added up to about $14 million of that amount, the MTA said, or about 3 percent of its annual overtime budget.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 20, 2011

S.F. MTA approves $1.57B light rail funding plan

Will submit the plan as part of the FTA’s New Starts Program in February. Plan is the agency’s best means for closing the remaining $137 million funding gap for the project, which is expected to cost $1.578 billion.

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