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Public to Get First Look at New Metro Liner Vehicle at Annual Warner Center RideFest

When the Metro Orange Line opens later this year, passengers will make the 14-mile trip from Warner Center to North Hollywood on the new Metro Liner, a sleek 60-foot vehicle the likes of which have not been seen before in Los Angeles. The public can get its first look at the Metro Liner at RideFest, an annual Warner Center event which promotes transit use and other ways to beat traffic congestion to Warner Center employees.

Sponsored by Metro, Los Angeles Department of Transportation and Warner Center’s Transportation Management Organization, which represents the larger Warner Center employers, developers and property owners, this year’s RideFest is scheduled for Thursday, June 9, 2005, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Warner Center Transit Hub on Owensmouth Avenue between Oxnard and Erwin Streets in Woodland Hills.

In addition to showcasing the Metro Liner, RideFest will include live entertainment, prize drawings, a barbeque lunch and a housing development fair.

The 14-mile Metro Orange Line will provide cross Valley commuters with an option to driving on parallel streets and the heavily congested 101 Freeway. The line will include 13 stations and parking at six stations to accommodate a total of more than 3,200 vehicles. Running time from Warner Center to North Hollywood will be approximately 40 minutes.

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