Metro News Release

For immediate release: April 25, 2008

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated April 25, 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 track work that will cause delays of up to 30 minutes on the Orange and Blue lines and about Metro’s current elevator rehabilitation projects.

The audiocast provides information about the 2008 MetroPerforms! program that invites local artists to perform at select Metrorail station entrances, this weekend’s walking tours of the city with Walkingtown DC Spring Edition 2008, and the international film festival, Filmfest DC. The program tells listeners about upcoming DC United games at RFK Stadium, Washington Nationals games at Nationals Park, and how to get there via Metrorail or Metrobus.

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 1:47 pm, April 25, 2008.