Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 1, 2006

Tomorrow Is a Code Red DayFree Rides Tomorrow on Some Metrobus Routes

Code Red Designated for Wednesday, August 2

Tomorrow, August 2, has been designated a Code Red Day by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). COG has issued an Air Quality Code Red “Bad Air Alert” for Wednesday when air quality is expected to be unhealthy in the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas.

Free fares will be in effect on designated Metrobus routes in Suburban Maryland and Virginia. Some of the routes operate between those two jurisdictions and the District of Columbia.

Customers can identify Code Red buses by the Code Red bag placed over the bus’s farebox. If you see the bag, your bus ride is free.

The cost of Code Red free ride days in Virginia and Maryland is paid for by those jurisdictions. This is does not include the District of Columbia.

For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers should call (202) 637-7000 or TTY (202) 638-3780 or visit Metro’s Website at www.metroopensdoors.com.

News release issued on August 1, 2006.