Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 26, 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY: Metro to hold transportation summit to celebrate first year of Silver Line service

Metro is celebrating the first year of Silver Line service from Largo Town Center to Wiehle-Reston East, showcasing Metro as an economic engine and serving as a convenient transportation alternative linking downtown DC and Tysons.

To mark the occasion Metro, elected officials and business leaders in Tysons Corner will hold a transportation summit to discuss how the Silver Line is helping realize the economic promise of the Tysons community and changing the way people commute by reducing traffic congestion. 

 
WHAT         Silver Line 1st Birthday Celebration Transportation Summit 

WHO           U.S. House Representative Gerry Connolly

              U.S. House Representative Barbara Comstock

       Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Director Jennifer Mitchell

       Fairfax County Supervisor and WMATA Board Member Catherine Hudgins

       Fairfax Chamber of Commerce President and CEO and WMATA Board Member Jim Corcoran

       Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter

       Tysons Partnership President Michael Caplin

       Metro Interim General Manager and CEO Jack Requa 

WHEN         Monday, July 27, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. (Cameras in position by 11:50 a.m. please) 

WHERE       Convene Conference Center Tysons 

                  1800 Tysons Boulevard  

                  McLean, VA 22102 

News release issued at 3:34 pm, July 26, 2015.