FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2011 METRO Transit Receives Budget to Increase Frequency on Two Routes: Enhancements expected to increase ridership OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Council recently granted $153,711 to increase frequency on two METRO Transit bus routes. The new enhancements went into effect September 19. According to the City of Oklahoma City’s 2011 Performance Report, recent citizen surveys have indicated that public transportation is one of the top four City services resid...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2011 Last Free Ride Day of Ozone Alert Season set for Sept 16: Pre-scheduled free ride Fridays increase summer use of METRO Transit OKLAHOMA CITY – As ozone alert season comes to an end, METRO Transit will offer its final free ride day on Friday, September 16. METRO Transit bus rides will be free for everyone on that day, on any route in the Greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The prescheduled free ride days during ozone alert season have substantially inc...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2011 Driving Books into the Hands of Children: METRO Transit Distributes Books at Downtown Transit Center OKLAHOMA CITY – Thousands of children’s books will be distributed to the community at the Downtown Transit Center at 420 NW 5 on Friday, Aug. 12 from 7 to 10 a.m. as part of the seventh-annual Caring for Kids Book by Book literacy campaign.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2011 Summer Means Ozone Alert Season in Central Oklahoma: METRO Transit to offer free ride days on 3rd Friday of each month OKLAHOMA CITY – As summer begins, officials in central Oklahoma will be closely monitoring air quality to try and maintain compliance with the Clean Air Act which protects at-risk populations from pollution and ozone related health effects. Hot temperatures, calm winds and sunshine with no cloud cover are the ingredients for an ozone alert day ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2011 New METRO Transit CNG and Hybrid Buses Hit the Streets: Metro Area Bus Rides Free on Earth Day April 22 OKLAHOMA CITY – METRO Transit recently took steps to make Oklahoma City’s clean buses even greener and is giving metro-area residents the opportunity to ride them for free to observe Earth Day. Two new bus technologies - compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric hybrid – were introduced to the METRO Transit fleet this month as part of an ongoing effort to i...