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			<title>Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes a year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro will delay for a year the proposed changes to its SmartBenefits program after riders protested that they were unfair -- particularly one that would have had unused money reverting from their pretax payroll allocation to their employers. -- <i>By Lena H. Sun, November 20, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro expands credit card pilot program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers who commute and park their vehicles at any of the three Huntington Metrorail station garages can now use a major credit card to pay for their parking fees. -- <i>November 20, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:50 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro board backs safety monitors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Metro board of directors ordered all agency employees Thursday to cooperate fully with the transit system's safety oversight body and executives to notify the board before denying a request from the group after recent revelations about Metrorail safety lapses. -- <i>By Lena H. Sun and Joe Stephens</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro to postpone SmartBenefit changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The changes that would have affected transit benefits for many thousands of riders will be delayed for a year, according to Metro officials. -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 19, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro&apos;s weekend service changes Nov. 20-22</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Weekend track maintenance on the Orange, Red, Blue and Yellow lines 11 Metrobus routes detoured for weekend activities -- <i>November 19, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
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			<title>D.C. Council proposes transit stop &apos;safety zone&apos;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Citing rising crime in and around District transit stops, D.C. Council members have proposed a new 50-foot "safety zone" where virtually any crime committed would carry extra jail time and civil penalties. -- <i>By Michael Neibauer, November 19, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:21:45 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro seeks OK for trip already under way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The board is required to approve all international travel -- though such approval is supposed to happen in advance. -- <i>By Kytja Weir, November 19, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro developing guidelines to improve bus stops</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro planners are in the process of developing guidelines for Metrobus stop design and placement in an effort to improve the overall customer experience and make sure that common elements like accessibility, customer information and physical design are incorporated into all new or relocated bus stops. -- <i>November 17, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:36:25 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metrorail to open at 6 a.m Saturday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, Nov. 21, the Metrorail system will open one hour early, at 6 a.m., to accommodate the crowds expected to attend the 22nd Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon, which begins at 9 a.m. -- <i>November 17, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Man struck and killed by Metro train</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[McPherson Square Station reopened Tuesday morning after being closed for several hours Monday night because a man was struck and killed by a Metro train, authorities said. -- <i>By Martin Weil, November 17, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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