Article: Metro Transit Wins Award for Top Transit Ad in America.

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro Transit produced the best transit television commercial in the nation, according to the American Public Transit Association.

The Association's 1999 AdWheel award grand prize was presented last night to the transportation committee of the Metropolitan Council, which oversees Metro Transit and other transit operations in the Twin Cities.

The TV spot features a motorist stuck so long in rush-hour traffic that he starts washing his car. The ad concludes with the line "Waiting a little too long in rush hour? Metro Transit. Hop On."

The commercial is part of a campaign that focuses on ...

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