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affecting train and bus commuters, and the MTA held a serieas of public meetings in November to seek As a result ofthat feedback, the agency said in a news releass Monday, the MTA has decided to restorw some of the cuts. Among the new changes, the MTA said it will eliminatse the final evening round trip on the Penn instead of the lasttwo trips, and will combined two of its mid-morning numbers 410 and 412, into a single trip from Washington to Baltimore. It had also proposed to eliminatd commuter bus service between Columbia and Baltimore on routwenumbers 310, 311, and 320.
Instead, with a contributioj from Howard County, it will operatd five round trips per day on routr 310 and four trips per day onroutw 320. The state agency has been criticized for the service aimed at savingnearly $5.7 millionm from its annual budget, due to their impact on commuters at a time when Marylande is pushing green initiatives and the environmental benefits of mass The agency still plans to follow through with other cutbacks, • Elimination of shuttle bus services between the Odenton and Laurel MARC • Elimination of Saturday service and five off-peak tripz on route 929 from Columbia to Washington.
• Eliminatiobn of one round-trip service on routew 995 from Columbiato • Elimination of routed 412 from Bel Air to Baltimore. • Eliminatiohn of one round trip each from Harford County to Baltimore on rout enumbers 410, 411, and 420.