Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 9, 2006

Free Metrobus rides to Columbia Pike Blues Festival

Metrobus service on Columbia Pike will be free on Sunday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in support of the Columbia Pike Blues Festival. Metrobus Routes 16B and 16J, the Columbia Pike Line, and 16G, the Columbia Heights West-Pentagon City Line will offer the free fares Sunday.

Arlington County will reimburse Metro for the free bus rides on Columbia Pike to encourage attendance at the Columbia Pike Blues Festival at Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive.

For more information on Metrobus, please visit www.metroopensdoors.com or call 202-637-7000.

News release issued on June 9, 2006.