Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 16, 2008

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated May 16, 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 45 minutes on the Blue, Yellow and Green lines. The four-weekend switch replacement project at the Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail station, now in its second weekend, will cause significant delays on the Yellow and Green lines, as trains share a single track between the L’Enfant Plaza and Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail stations. The audiocast also includes information on Metrobus route detours and current elevator rehabilitation projects

The audiocast provides information about the Andrews Air Force Base Open House and Air Show and Metrobus shuttle service to the event, the Taste of Wheaton and Taste of Arlington, Fiesta Asia, Washington Nationals games at Nationals Park, and Sounds in the Square at Farragut Square 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 3:34 pm, May 16, 2008.