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			<title>Changes to SmartBenefits are Coming - Are You Ready?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro is making changes to their SmartBenefits program. Actually...the word on the street is that Metro is going to make changes to the already communicated changes regarding their SmartBenefits program. Confused? I don't blame you. -- <i>By Wendy Duren, November 5, 2009, CommuterPageBlog</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro pledges to fix meltdown of 37-year-old equipment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro plans to spend $14 million to replace 37-year-old equipment and install backup systems after a failure on Wednesday knocked out the transit system's communications for much of the day, including its Web site, public address system and customer service complaint line. -- <i>by Kytja Weir, November 6, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:41:10 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Catoe comments on SmartBenefit changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Catoe says he's heard plenty of rider questions about the changes, and "we need to rethink the changes that we are making." -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 7, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:55:59 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Walk Score adds transit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Walk Score, which has become the most widely-used measure of pedestrian friendly neighborhoods in North America, has added a new trick: they're now incorporating transit data into their walkability ratings. -- <i>By Clark Williams-Derry, November 5, 2009, Sightline Daily</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:21:07 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The weekend and beyond</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Find the causes and cures for your weekend travel delays, then look ahead to what you could face on your weekday commutes. -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 6, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:12:12 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>SmarTrip(R) now at more Giant Food stores</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers shopping at select Giant Food stores also can now purchase and add value to their SmarTrip(R) cards. -- <i>November 6, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:09:28 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>VDOT hopes buses will keep drivers out of Tysons</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With construction clogging roads in Tysons Corner, transportation officials are bringing in buses to encourage commuters to leave their cars at home. -- <i>November 6, 2009, WTOP</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:02:13 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro to appeal arbitrators&apos; pay decision</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro will appeal an arbitration award that gives its front-line workers three consecutive 3 percent annual pay raises, part of a package that would cost the transit agency an additional $104.5 million over four years, officials said. -- <i>By Lena H. Sun, November 6, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:12:17 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>VRE&apos;s ouster of Amtrak is approved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two Virginia transportation commissions voted Thursday night to approve Virginia Railway Express's plan to end its 17-year relationship with Amtrak and give an international company a start in the U.S. transportation industry. -- <i>By Jennifer Buske, November 6, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:08:54 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Control restored to traffic signals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As Montgomery County commuters suffered through their fourth nightmarish rush hour Thursday, county officials said computer experts finally had isolated the central computer problem that caused the traffic signal system to meltdown. -- <i>By Ashley Halsey III, November 6, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:10:18 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro rail and bus service changes this weekend</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Track maintenance on the Orange, Blue and Yellow lines this weekend (Nov. 6-8) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add 30 minutes to their trips. Additionally, 15 Metrobus lines will be detoured as a result of weekend events in the Washington area. -- <i>November 5, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:13:04 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Officer hits, kills pedestrian on I-295</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Police in Maryland say a Montgomery County police officer hit and killed a pedestrian on Interstate 295 near the state line on Wednesday night. -- <i>November 4, 2009, myfoxdc.com</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Automated enforcement wins a convert</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>Dear Dr. Gridlock:</i> Okay, I've finally given up and chosen to embrace Big Brother. Why? Simply because the wild, wild west has taken over most people's driving habits in the District and the suburbs. -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 5, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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