Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 21, 2010

Metro announces bus service changes for Friday's March for Life


14 Metrobus routes to be detoured

Fourteen Metrobus lines will be rerouted on Friday, Jan. 22, due to the annual March for Life rally in downtown Washington, which will close some streets. Customers using these Metrobus lines should add additional time for their travel.

From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22, Metrobus routes 32, 34, 36, 42, 54, 63, 64, 70, D6, P2, P6, S2 and S4 will be detoured due to street closures at F St., NW, 10th St. Constitution Ave., and 12th St. to the National Mall.

From noon to 5 p.m., Metrobus routes 32, 34, 36, 54, 70, 96, P2 and P6 will be detoured due to street closures at 1st St., NE/SE, between Constitution and Independence Ave.

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News release issued at 1:48 pm, January 21, 2010.