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Advertising Industry To Hitch Ride on Metro (Washington Post)
Metro officials who have long striven to keep the transit system uncluttered say financial pressures have forced a new philosophy: They want to turn rail cars and buses into rolling billboards, run
animated commercials in dark subway tunnels, hang video monitors inside trains to broadcast commercials and welcome ATMs, florists and shoe cobblers at stations in exchange for a cut of the action.
