Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 23, 2003

Metro customers can calculate how new fare increase affects them

Metrorail and Metrobus customers who want to know how Metro’s new fares will affect their trips can do so before the new fares go into effect on June 29.Metro customers can log onto Metro’s web-based Ride Guide at http://rideguide.wmata.com to plan a typical Metro trip. To ensure that the Ride Guide calculates the trip based on the new fare structure, customers just have to type in a date of June 29 or later. The Ride Guide will calculate a trip’s cost based on the new fares. If a customer is taking a trip prior to June 29, The Ride Guide will calculate the cost of the trip based on the current fares.Customers who do not have internet access can get the same information by calling Metro’s Customer Service Center at 202-367-7000.

News release issued on June 23, 2003.