Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 9, 2007

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated November 9, 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 major track work on the Yellow Line that will shut down the Huntington and Eisenhower Ave Metrorail stations for the entire weekend, and Metrobus detours.

The audiocast provides information about the special Metrorail schedule in place for Monday’s Veterans’ Day holiday, upcoming public hearings about Metro’s proposed fare increases, Vietnam Memorial parade and upcoming Washington Redskins, Washington Wizards and Georgetown Hoya games, and how to get there via Metrorail or Metrobus. The audiocast also has information about Metro’s Art in Transit Program and the latest artwork, a bronze sculpture by DC artist Lisa Scheer incorporated with an untitled poem by E. Ethelbert Miller, at the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail station.

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, November 9, 2007.