Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Keep Your Cool on the Bus This Summer. Click Here for Tips from Valley Metro
	transit information: 602-253-5000 bus route trip planner bus rider alerts 602-262-RIDE (7433) shareTheRide.com 602-262-RIDE (7433) start your own vanpool (602) 254-RAIL (7245) metro light rail light rail construction-road restrictions local & state traffic-road conditions grand ave-downtown Glendale construction ADEQ air quality forecast 2006 Ozone HPAs: June: 2, 24, 25, 26 July: 19, 20, 21 2005 Ozone HPAs (9): May: 19, 20 June: 15, 16, 21, 22 July: 12, 20, 21 PM-10 HPAs: April 2005: 9, 10 Nov 2005: 4, 22, 23, 30 Dec 2005: 1, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 Jan 2006: 10, 11, 12, 13 Feb 2006 1, 2, 3, 10, 15, 23, 24 March 2006: 10 May 2006: 27		First Game Next Thursday-Aug 31 Win Tickets to ASU Football This Season The college football season kicks off in Tempe next Thursday, Aug. 31 as ASU takes on the NAU Lumberjacks at 7:00pm… and you and three “buds” could be sitting in Sun Devil Stadium watching the game. Valley Metro is giving away four tickets to the opening game and the other five ASU home football games this season. You can enter the Alt Mode User of the Game Contest if you—carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, walk or telecommute. To enter just complete the online entry form on the Valley Metro website. The entry deadline to win tickets to the opening game is Monday, August 28. Winner will be notified on Tuesday, August 29 and will also get a parking pass. You can enter the Alt Mode User of the Game Contest only once for the entire season and be sure to check the home game(s) on the entry form that you want to attend if you win. Summer Ozone Contest—Win D’Backs Tickets The Arizona Diamondbacks are still in the race to win the National League Western Division title. And you still have a chance to win a pair of tickets to cheer them on! Valley Metro is giving away two tickets to 14 remaining home games at Chase Field in the Summer Ozone Contest. You can enter on the Valley Metro website for any day you use an Alternative Mode for your commute to work. Winners are announced a week before the game date. Check the Valley Metro website for a list of winners. So far during the Diamondbacks season, the Valley has recorded seven Ozone High Pollution Advisory days and none since July 21. METRO--Summer Newsletter & METRO MAX Card METRO Light Rail construction is about 50 per cent completed, including the bridge over Tempe Town Lake and soon the maintenance and storage facility. Get the latest update on the Valley’s 20-mile light rail line in the Light Rail News, Summer 2006 newsletter. The new METRO MAX discount shopping card is now available and good at over 300 participating merchants along METRO light rail route. To download your free card and view participating merchants, check the METRO website.
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