[Archived] DASH About Lunch Bus Shuttle Service Begins Jan. 3 in Old Town

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

For Immediate Release
January 4, 2005
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DASH About Lunch Bus Shuttle Service Begins Jan. 3 in Old Town

The City of Alexandria and the Alexandria Transit Company will hold a kick-off ceremony launching the new, free DASH About Lunch Shuttle Bus service in Old Town. The event will take place near the DASH bus stop on Ballenger Avenue at 11 am on Monday, Jan. 10. The lunch shuttle will begin operation on Jan. 3 and will provide all lunch-time passengers free travel every ten minutes from the Alexandria Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) campus to Old Town and back from 11:30 am to 2 pm, Monday through Friday.

The pickup point for the lunch-shuttle service will be at the PTO offices on Ballenger Avenue. The shuttle will run continuously and pick up and drop off passengers at King and Alfred streets; King and Henry streets; King and Fayette streets; and King and West streets; and will return to the PTO campus.

For more information on the new, free DASH About Lunch Shuttle Bus service, call 703.370.3274 or visit www.dashbus.com.

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