WASHINGTON — Metro is expanding the locations where it will sell advertising.

The transit system will add digital signs inside eight Metro stations including the Pentagon and a number of downtown stations. Metro will also sell ads that will wrap the inside of rail cars, similar to ads that wrap around the outside of buses.

Metro’s board chair says every dollar helps as the system battles a budget crunch.

The board has promised not to raise fares or significantly cut services this year.

Takoma Park and New Carrollton redevelopment

A controversial construction project adjacent to the Takoma Station is moving forward.

A Metro board committee advanced the long-delayed housing project toward the D.C. zoning process Thursday despite concerns from the city of Takoma Park that the plan has too much parking, which could lead to traffic jams.

Under the proposal, a 200-unit apartment building would be built on an existing surface lot, owned by Metro at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Cedar Street. The existing metered parking and the Kiss & Ride lot would be housed inside a garage under the apartment building.

Metro’s plans to redevelop the parking lot site have gone through various revisions since 1999. A plan to build town houses on the site from 2007 never advanced because of community concerns and the housing market collapse.

The committee also advanced a plan for a mixed-use project at the New Carrollton Station, where Metro owns 25 acres, and acted to keep a child-care center open at the Morgan Boulevard Station.