Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 22, 2009

New Metro audiocast available online

The newest Metro audiocast, dated May 22, is now available on www.metroopensdoors.com and 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 weekend travel.

This edition of “On Track” tells listeners that no Metrorail track work is scheduled during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. However, multiple Metrobus routes will be detoured due to various parades and events. To stay up to date on unplanned closings, detours and delays, visit www.wmata.com and check out the “Metro Service Status” box or sign up for eAlerts in the lower left corner of the page.

The audiocast tells listeners about special events to observe Memorial Day, such as Rolling Thunder, the annual motorcycle ride from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall at noon Sunday, the PBS National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol at 8 p.m. Sunday and the National Memorial Day Parade at 2 p.m. Monday.

There is also information about sporting events, such as the DC United soccer game on Saturday and Washington Nationals baseball games today through Sunday.

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 iTunes 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: www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/audiocasts/default.cfm.

Metro welcomes listeners to send comments and suggestions for future audiocasts to ontrack@wmata.com.

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Media contact for this news release: Angela Gates or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.

News release issued at 10:46 am, May 22, 2009.