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Another doubter is Kenneth Orski, a former senior official in the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration, who evaluated some of the nation's first light-rail grants in the 1970s.

Maryland's Mass Transit Administration had videotaped some 48,000 motorists, gotten their addresses from state records, and sent them letters like that one.

Specifically, the Hollywood Boulevard group wants the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration to intervene before the tunneling begins, by re-opening the review process spelling out how structures on the National Register of Historic Places will be affected.

Freeland is a recognized leader in the transportation industry, having recently served as administrator and chief executive officer for Maryland's Mass Transit Administration (MTA) and Motor Vehicle Administration.

He held various positions for the Mass Transit Administration in Maryland, which included foreman of maintenance facilities, superintendent of operations and general superintendent of operations.

He also served as a consultant on the development of Video On Demand (VOD) for commercial aircraft, and led system upgrades for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Baltimore Mass Transit Administration.

As a prime contractor, the company has developed, managed and delivered transit systems for Chicago's METRA, the Northern Illinois Commuter Transportation District, the Maryland Mass Transit Administration, California's CALTRANS Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, the Los Angeles County MTA, and the New York City Transit Authority, as well as a people mover system at the Miami International Airport's new North Terminal.

The sale of the 100,000th card comes as WMATA and the Maryland Mass Transit Administration plan to expand the SmarTrip program throughout the Washington/Baltimore corridor, and as transit systems across the country consider "smart" fare collection technology procurements.