The End of the Line

THE TIME HAS COME. After more than two years and over 2,500 posts, Free Ride is slowing to a halt.

The crew from readexpress.com will continue on, though, as our site transitions to a new name — expressnightout.com — and a new focus: covering local life and entertainment.

We've got a brand new listings section, powered by the staffs of Express and The Washington Post, and we've revamped our Metro Links map with a breezier interface and a data refresh from our colleagues at washingtonpost.com.

And we haven't given up blogging by a long shot. Our Top Stops blog, written by Karmah Elmusa and Fiona Zublin, will serve up the day's most interesting events for your planning enjoyment; Christopher Porter has videos, free downloads and other musical miscellany at our Sound Bets blog; and you can catch up with the latest from Express advice columnist Dr. Andrea Bonior and sports columnist Matt Swenson at their little portals on the Web.

And that's only the beginning.

For this blog, however, today brings an ending. Thanks to all of you who read and commented over the years — please take the new site for a test drive and let us know what you think of it.

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