Liz Essley
Staff Writer - Transportation
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New website, design for MARC train tickets
Liz Essley
Published: Fri, Mar 29, 2013
MARC riders will see new tickets and a new website to buy them on by Monday. The new website, mta.commuterdirect.com, will allow riders to pay for MARC and commuter bus tickets with two different credit cards and can automatically renew payments. It also will accept SmartBenefits and...
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Metro General Manager Richard Sarles gets contract extended
Liz Essley
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Metro's top official will be staying two more years. The transit agency's board announced Thursday that its general manager and CEO, Richard Sarles, agreed to extend his contract to January 2016. "I think there's a great team of employees here, from the people out to the field to the...
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Virginia weighs express lane or rail solutions for Interstate 66
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Northern Virginia leaders are divided over whether to install express lanes or Metrorail along Interstate 66 outside the Capital Beltway as the state studies solutions for the highway's notorious stop-and-go traffic. Express lanes have the full support of Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity...
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Fewer riders use MetroAccess as they move toward rail, bus
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Transit agency saves millions on shift Fewer people are using Metro's door-to-door service for disabled riders as the agency encourages them to ride the bus or rail instead, saving Metro millions of dollars. Demand for MetroAccess in 2011 dipped for the first time since the program's...
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Maryland officials to change ICC speed limit signs
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
The speed limit on the Intercounty Connector will increase from 55 mph to 60 mph this weekend. Maryland officials are planning to change the road's speed limit signs this weekend, the westbound signs on Friday and the eastbound signs on Saturday, the Maryland Transportation Authority said....
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Metro to stay open later for NCAA games at Verizon Center
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Metro will stay open late at two stations Thursday night to help basketball fans get home, the transit agency announced Wednesday. The Verizon Center in D.C. is hosting the NCAA 2013 East Regional games Thursday night -- one at 7:15 p.m., and another at 9:45 p.m. Metro's Gallery Place and...
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Metro gets more time to install cell phone service
Liz Essley
Published: Tue, Mar 26, 2013
Metro riders will have an even longer wait for full cell phone service in Metro tunnels. A congressional deadline for Metro to install cell phone service in all of its tunnels was pushed back last week, from March 26 to Sept. 30. The deadline was moved as part of Congress' latest continuing...
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Beltway Express Lanes try to lure drivers with new ads
Liz Essley
Published: Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Washington commuters are seeing and hearing new ads for the Interstate 495 Express Lanes this month. The ads in print, online, on the radio and in the Tysons Corner Center mall promise drivers a speedier trip on the Capital Beltway and offer specific information on how to use the new lanes,...
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