Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11 , 2008
GET A FREE RIDE TO THE DEC. 13 & 20 TARGET HOLIDAZZLE PARADE
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – (Dec. 11) – Metro Transit is helping residents get in the holiday spirit by offering free rides to the Target Holidazzle Parade on Saturday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 20.
Free rides on both nights will be offered from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Metro Transit buses and trains and on Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) buses.
“The Target Holidazzle Parade is one of the area’s most popular events, and taking the bus or train means you don’t have to navigate downtown streets, and you can avoid parking hassles,” said Metro Transit Marketing Director Bruce Howard. “Seeing the Target Holidazzle Parade is a fun way to take in the sights and sounds of the season,” he said.
Back by popular demand in the parade is Metro Transit’s Twinkle Bus, decked out for the season with more than 20,000 lights and snowflake-covered hubcaps. Metro Transit is the parade’s sponsor on Dec. 13.
Dozens of Metro Transit bus routes and the Hiawatha light-rail line offer frequent service to downtown Minneapolis. To find out which route to take, customers can use the interactive trip planner at metrotransit.org. Route and schedule information also is available at 612-373-3333. Customers who know their route and just need departure times can call NexTrip, a 24-hour automated schedule info line, at 612-341-4287.
Parade information is available at holidazzle.com or by calling 612-376-SNOW.
Metro Transit is a service of Metropolitan Council. Last year, customers rode Metro Transit buses and trains 77 million times, the highest annual ridership in 25 years.
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(Editors: For Metro Transit information, call Bob Gibbons, director of customer services, 612-349-7509 or via e-mail at robert.gibbons@metc.state.mn.us. For more information on Target Holidazzle, contact Rachel Studinger at rstudinger@oco.com or 612-215-3523.)
