Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 4, 2003
This week at Metro (Monday, Aug. 4, 2003)
Metro Transit Police to join participation in " 20th Annual National Night Out"
Metro Transit Police officers will participate in the " 20th Annual National Night Out" event on Tuesday, August 5, 2003. This event is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime program; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized against crime.
In support of this effort, officers with the Metro Transit Police Department will distribute the Metrorail Late Night Travel Tips flyer to customers from 7 to 9 p.m. on August 5 at the following Metrorail stations: Ballston-MU, Columbia Heights, Wheaton, King Street, Minnesota Avenue, and Naylor Road.
The brochure stresses the following tips especially for customers who ride late at night:
∙ Remain awake and alert to your surroundings and the people who are around you.
∙ Travel with someone you know.
∙ Don" t stand alone on a station platform.
∙ If you feel uncomfortable, move toward other people or seek a Metro employee for assistance.
∙ Ride in a rail car that is occupied by other people, or in the first subway car where the operator of the train is located.
∙ Have your keys ready as you approach your car, always look inside before entering, and lock the doors as soon as you get inside.
∙ Report objectionable conduct immediately:
Tell a police officer or Metro employee.
Use intercoms located on station platforms and at either end of every car in Metrorail trains.
Use telephones on platforms and near faregates as well.
Upcoming Events Accessible by Metro
Now through August 7, Noon to 2 p.m., " Farragut Sounds in the Square," the Golden Triangle BID’s Fifth Annual Summer Concert Series for FREE in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service, at the Farragut Square Park, corner of Connecticut Avenue and K Street, N.W.; attendees can get to the concerts by Metrobus and Metrorail, receive giveaways and prizes as well as hear entertaining music and enjoy picnic lunches.
∙ Now through August 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m., ’sunset Serenades" FREE concerts, at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo; concerts will be on Lion/Tiger Hill each Thursday and featured music will include jazz, folk, blues, and rock and roll; attendees are encouraged to take Metrobus to the zoo or Metrorail to the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station.
August 6, 2003, Noon to 2 p.m., Metro and WJZW Free Smooth Jazz Lunch-Time Concerts, at the Skyline Dome at the L" Enfant Plaza Metrorail station, 7th and D streets, S.W., side.
For more information about the concert series, customers can visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopendsdoors.com or call 202-637-7000 (TTY 202-638-3780).
Now through September 6, 2003, 1 to 6 p.m., " Live on Penn" FREE concerts, every Saturday on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., between 3rd and 6th streets, near the National Gallery of Art; featured music will include rock, hip hop, jam, and reggae. Metro will sponsor a booth each Saturday for customers to obtain information on the system and purchase Metro merchandise and SmarTrip cards; attendees are encouraged to take Metrobus or Metrorail to these concerts.
July 28, 2003, 8:30 p.m., ’screen on the Green" Summer Classic Film Festival on the National Mall between 3rd and 4th streets, N.W.; organizers expect 5,000 attendees per show; Federal Center, Union Station, Smithsonian Metrorail stations anticipate larger than usual crowds.
September 7, 2003, Noon to 6 p.m., The Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival " Celebrating the Blues," featuring more than 30 FREE performances and activities for the whole family; ride Metro to Foggy Bottom-GWU, then take a FREE shuttle bus running every 15 minutes beginning at 11 a.m.
No Board Meetings Scheduled
There will be no Board or committee meetings on August 7, 2003. To hear a recording about upcoming meetings, date and time changes for meetings, or the results of the last meeting, call 202-962-1055. To hear quotes by Metro experts, call MetroVoices at 202-962-2007.
News release issued on August 4, 2003.