In other news, Brazil is set to become the top global oil producer by 2035, producing as much as a third of all oil annually thanks to deep oil fields below Atlantic waters. Letters to the LA Timesexpress a mix of opinions on efforts by Metro to accelerate construction of new transportation projects through a proposed sales tax increase, apart from Measure R. Also, the New York subway system is working to provide wireless reception at all of its underground stations by 2017. Just a little south of that, Maryland is moving forward with an extension of the Purple Line light rail service (pictured at left), which would ring Washington, DC to the north and become one the largest transit projects to be built through a private-public partnership.