Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 30, 2007

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated November 30, 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 to20 minutes on the Red, Orange, Blue and Green lines, and Metrobus detours over the weekend.

The audiocast provides information about the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, and upcoming Washington Wizards and Georgetown Hoyas games at Verizon Center, Washington Redskins game at FedEx Field and how to get there via Metrorail or Metrobus. It also tells listeners about a community workshop near the Fort Totten Metrorail station to enhance the Metrorail station area and its surrounding neighbors on Saturday and Metro’s late closing (1 a.m.) next Thursday.

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 30, 2007.