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12-22-2006, 09:20 PM
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Additional Downtown Parking, Opening Night 2007
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AUTHORITY
300 Southwest 7th Oklahoma City, OK 73109wphone (405) 235-RIDE wfax (405) 297-2111wgometro.org Additional Downtown Parking and Trolley Rides just in time for Opening Night 2007 Oklahoma City - METRO Transit is encouraging everyone to park once and ride the Oklahoma Spirit Trolleys during Opening Night 2007. The new City Center Parking Facility now offers an additional 1,000 parking spaces in the center of the city (corner of Park and Harvey). New Trolley routes will enable Opening Night participants to visit all of the festivities on New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31, 2006. Three FREE trolleys in Downtown Oklahoma City will begin at 6 p.m. and will run a continuous loop, connecting all of the Opening Night Festivities until the fireworks begin at midnight. In addition, the Orange Line Trolley will pick up passengers at designated trolley stops along Meridian Avenue, beginning at 6 p.m. Passengers fare is $3.00 (exact change required) upon boarding for roundtrip service to and from the downtown area. Once downtown, passengers may ride the downtown trolleys FREE. After the fireworks passengers will be transported back to Meridian Avenue. During Opening Night, the trolleys will observe the following detours. Routes will resume regular service on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. -The Blue Line will be on detour and will serve trolley stops every 10 minutes as follows: From EK Gaylord and Sheridan, west on Sheridan, north on Walker, east on Colcord, continue east on Park, north on Harvey, east on Dean A McGee, south on Broadway/EK Gaylord, east on Sheridan, south on Joe Carter, west on Reno, north on Broadway/EK Gaylord to Sheridan. -Orange Line buses will be on detour and will run every 40 minutes as follows: The Orange Line will serve the Meridian Corridor and travel on I-40 to Reno & Robinson, east on Reno, north on EK Gaylord/Broadway, west on Sheridan, south on Robinson and back to the Meridian Corridor. Service in the Stockyards will be postponed during this time. METRO Transit is a division of COTPA, a public trust responsible for providing downtown parking alternatives as well as safe, efficient, and convenient transportation to the citizens of the Greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan area. Call 235-RIDE for more information, or visit online at Welcome to www.gometro.org. |
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