Metro News Release

For immediate release: April 24, 2007

Metro kicks off Adopt-A-Bus Stop program with 153 Metrobus stops

Metro’s Adopt-A-Bus Stop program is off to a successful start as 153 bus stops have been welcomed into the loving arms of local residents and organizations since the program began early this month.

The Adopt-A-Bus Stop program invites individuals, groups or businesses to clear stops of litter and debris each week and report bus stop graffiti and damage to Metro for six months, one year or two years. In exchange, Metro installs a plaque bearing the volunteer’s name at the designated Metrobus stop and provides volunteers with cleaning supplies, safety vests, trash removers and trash bags.

Current participants include Wilkinson Elementary School, J.O. Wilson Elementary School, KIPP DC: AIM Academy, the Greenleaf Recreation Center, Brightwood Community Association, and several Metro employees. Additionally, the Capitol Hill Business Improvement District adopted 82 stops, and the Adams Morgan Partnership adopted 26. The Adopt-A-Bus Stop program is a way for Metro to recognize the work that business improvement districts do to improve their neighborhoods.

“It’s another partnership that serves the city well,” said Patty Brosmer, Executive Director of the Capitol Hill BID. “I hope everyone adopts a bus stop.”

Anyone interested in participating in the program should contact Metro’s Adopt-A-Bus Stop line at (202) 962-1107. Metro staff will help volunteers select bus stops and will coordinate distribution of the materials needed to keep Metrobus stops clean and litter-free.

Metro has more than 12,000 bus stops in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

News release issued at 12:00 am, April 24, 2007.