From: "Friends of Transit" To: Subject: 79th Avenue Park and Ride Goes under Construction for Upgrades Available parking spaces reduced for two months Date: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:42 PM Phoenix, July 12, 2005 - The 79th Avenue Park-and-Ride will have additional shade canopies and additional closed-circuit cameras installed during a construction project that will last from late-July to late-September, 2005. Transit staff will be at the park-and-ride on Wednesday, July 20 to explain the project to the facility users. The project will be done in two phases effectively blocking about one- third of the available parking spaces. Bus passengers are encouraged to carpool to the facility; to find a carpool match go to www.sharetheride.com . Other users such as carpoolers and vanpoolers are encouraged to choose an alternate meeting spot during the construction period to allow bus passengers the available space at the park-and-ride to meet their buses. For locations of other park-and-rides and transit centers; go to www.phoenix.gov/publictransit/bldgs.html . For other information, call Valley Metro transit information at (602) 253-5000; or for persons with text telephones (602) 261-8208. Information can also be found on-line at www.ValleyMetro.org . -30-