Metro News Release
For immediate release: September 4, 2008
New Metro audiocast available online
The newest Metro audiocast, dated September 4, 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 Metrorail track work that will cause delays on the Red, Blue and Orange lines this weekend. There is also information about Metrobus detours and elevator rehabilitations at Anacostia, Potomac Ave and Shaw-Howard U Metrorail stations. For a complete list of closings, detours and delays, visit www.metroopensdoors.com, scroll over “Alerts & advisories” on the left-hand toolbar and select “Service disruptions.”
September is Emergency Preparedness Month, and this week’s audiocast includes tips on how to prepare for emergencies and plan an alternate route home. It also has information about emergency evacuation maps that Metro recently posted on its Web site and will be available in stations during service disruptions.
The audiocast also tells listeners about upcoming events such as the National Council of Negro Women’s Black Family Reunion on September 6 and 7, the Washington Mystics basketball game on September 6 and the opening of the Pentagon Memorial on September 11.
Online users can download audiocasts from Metro’s Web site and listen on their computers or MP3 devices. The Metro audiocast is available on iTunes. Search the podcast area of the iTune store for “On Track” in the title. Podcasts can be subscribed to on iTunes and users 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.
Metro welcomes listeners to send comments and suggestions for future audiocasts to ontrack@wmata.com.
News release issued at 3:58 pm, September 4, 2008.