[Archived] City and Alexandria Transit Company Launch New Lunch Shuttle Bus Service

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 7, 2005
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MEDIA ADVISORY

City and Alexandria Transit Company
Launch New Lunch Shuttle Bus Service

What: The City of Alexandria and the Alexandria Transit Company
introduce the media and public to the new DASH About Lunch Shuttle bus service.

Who: - City of Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille
- Alexandria Transit Company General Manager Sandy Modell
- Steve Pinkos, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office

When: Monday, Jan. 10
11 am
RAIN OR SHINE

Where: Photo op will take place near the DASH bus stop on Ballenger
Avenue.

Why: The lunch shuttle, which began operating Jan. 3, provides 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.

Information: For more information on the DASH About Lunch Shuttle Bus
service, call the Alexandria Transit Company at 703.370.3274 or visit dashbus.com; or call Barbara J. Gordon, Public Information Officer City of Alexandria, at 703.838.4300.

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