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
PIO 012-05/bg

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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