Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 24, 2007

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated August 24, is now available to customers on www.metroopensdoors.com and on iTunes. "On Track" offers listeners a summary of Metro-related news for the week, and provides an overview of how planned maintenance work or major events in the region may impact their weekend travel.

The “On Track” audiocast posted today tells listeners about weekend single-tracking for rail car testing and track work that will cause delays of up to 30 minutes on the Red, Orange and Green lines.

The audiocast provides information about the MetroPerforms! program in Prince George’s County, “Useless” exhibition at Project 4 Gallery, Washington Redskins pre-season game, and how to get there via Metrorail or Metrobus. The audiocast also includes information about the Freer and Sackler galleries and upcoming Silver Spring jazz festival.

Listeners can send comments and suggestions for future audiocasts to ontrack@wmata.com.

Online users can download the audiocasts from Metro’s Web site and listen on their computers or MP3 devices, such as an iPod or zune. In addition, the Metro audiocast is now available on iTunes. Search the podcast area of the iTune store for “On Track” in the title to find the Metro audiocast. Individuals can also subscribe on iTunes to automatically receive each week’s downloads.

To listen to this week’s audiocast, go to:
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/audiocasts/default.cfm

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