Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 16, 2007

Riders' Advisory Council seeks new members

Metro’s Riders’ Advisory Council is looking for riders to fill seven available positions on the volunteer Council. Council positions are available for Arlington County, Fairfax County, City of Alexandria, Va., and District of Columbia residents. In addition, one at-large position needs to be filled.

The 21-member Council is made up of six individuals from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, two at-large members and the head of Metro’s Elderly and Disabled Transportation Advisory Committee. The council advises the agency’s Board of Directors. It was created in December 2005 as part of a series of initiatives to improve communications with riders.

Metro is looking for people who ride bus, rail and/or MetroAccess; live in Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Alexandria and the District of Columbia; are not Metro employees, contractors or elected officials to fill the vacancies. All positions are unpaid. Metro’s Board will select the final candidates.

The individuals on the Riders’ Advisory Council represent a cross section of the entire region. The Council includes people with different riding patterns, people who use Metrobus, Metrorail and MetroAccess; transit-dependent people; people with disabilities; people who travel short distances and others who travel long distances.

Applications can be found at www.metroopensdoors.com; click on Outreach, then Riders’ Advisory Council. Applications are also available at the Metro Sales Center outlets at the Metro Center and Pentagon Transit Center stations and at Metro headquarters, 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC. The deadline to apply is November 27 at 5 p.m.

News release issued at 12:00 am, November 16, 2007.