November 22, 2002
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Bill Heard/Marc Littman
MTA MEDIA RELATIONS
(213) 922-7479/922-2700 www.mta.net/press/pressroom
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Metro Motion Cable TV Show Provides 30-Minute Close-up on MTA Transportation Programs, Services

• Second Show in Series to Focus on Countywide Transportation, North County Projects  

• Schedule of programming.

You say you don’t know much about the Metro Freeway Service Patrol, the soon-to-be-opened Metro Gold Line or the Regional EZpass? How about the future San Fernando Valley East-West Transitway, Metro Art program or vanpooling?

You can find out about these and many other MTA programs, projects and services on the second installment of Metro Motion, a 30-minute cable television show which debuts Saturday, Nov. 23 on CityTV, the City of Santa Monica’s cable television channel, and Monday, Nov. 25 on cable television channel LA36 in the City of Los Angeles.

All shows in the Metro Motion series cover general countywide transportation topics. This second show will also spotlight projects in North Los Angeles County, a large portion of which is represented on the MTA Board by Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts who is the subject of an interview.

Schedule of programming

• Metro Motion will air on CityTV on the following dates: Saturday, Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 10 p.m.

• Metro Motion will air on cable channel LA36 on the following dates: Monday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 27, 10 p.m.; and Friday, Nov. 29, 9:30 p.m.

• Metro Motion will air on CityTV and LA36 on the following dates: Friday, Dec. 13, 10 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14, 11 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Metro Motion is a joint production of MTA and CityTV. Patterned after CityTV’s Santa Monica Update, Metro Motion employs a news program format with two anchors, field reporters and an interview segment.

In addition, three public service announcements describe free services provided by MTA, including the Metro Freeway Service Patrol, the 1-800-COMMUTE customer relations line which provides information about MTA and other bus/rail service and schedules in Los Angeles County, and the Metro Trip Planner on MTA’s web site at www.mta.net.

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