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Metro: Full cellphone access delayed until 2015

Metro says it has fallen behind on its effort to expand cellphone service throughout the transit system and may not complete the project until 2015.

Tags: Richard Sarles

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Metro to offer fare card with next president's picture

Metro plans to offer commemorative fare cards with the president's picture, just as it did four years ago, but this time the cards will be cheaper and offer more choices.

Tags: wmata, inauguration, mark segraves

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Delays expected for Metro cellphone service

Metro will miss its Tuesday deadline to have all of its underground tunnels and stations wired for major cellphone carrier.

Tags: wmata

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Religious groups to respond to anti-jihad ads

A coalition of religious groups is responding to an advertising campaign in the D.C. mass transit system that equates Muslim radicals with savages.

Tags: Israel, free speech

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Muslim group plans to combat pro-Israel Metro ads with more ads

Advertisements sponsored by a Muslim advocacy group were unveiled Friday in response to a pro-Israel ad posted in four Metro stations this week.

Tags: Muslim, Israel, veronic robinson

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Metro report finds wrongdoing by D.C. councilmember

A D.C. councilmember violated the code of conduct of Washington's Metro transit system when he tried to barter a Metro real estate project with a contract being considered by the council, an independent review has found.

Tags: Jim Graham

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Silver Spring Transit Center to open in September

Tags: silver spring transit center, MARC

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Metro board member: Speaker systems must be improved

In the event of an emergency, Metro board member Tom Downs says it is important that riders can access the Internet and social media websites like Twitter for news and information. Meanwhile, Metro says it is working to eliminate dead spots for cellphone and Internet service.

Tags: Red Line, john aaron

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Metro unveils preview of new stainless steel cars

Inside a sprawling, nondescript garage in Landover, Metro has given a glimpse of its future.

Tags: train

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Anti-Muslim ad creates more controversy

A controversial ad that calls Muslims "savages" will greet commuters at four unidentified Metro stations Monday.

Tags: Israel, Islam, courts

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