DC Metro Reports Second-Highest Ridership Ever On Women’s March Day

The Million Women's March fills the streets of Washington D.C. on January 21, 2017 following the inauguration of Donald Trump. (Photo by Monica Jorge) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images)
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An official estimate from D.C. Metro authority shows that the transit system had its second-busiest day ever on Saturday as crowds from the Women’s March streamed into Washington, surpassed only by ridership on the day of President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

The number of entries into the Metro on Saturday was second only to the number of entries on Jan. 20, 2009, according to a statement by Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld cited in a Washington Post report.

On Friday, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Metro reported 570,557 entries per the Washington Post. This figure indicates not only a lower ridership than the Metro reported on Saturday but a lower ridership than it reported for either of Obama’s inaugurations.

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  1. I’m with her.

  2. Great day!

    Now, if we can get even 1 in 10 of the people who turned out everywhere yesterday to become more politically active then they’ve ever been before, we can save the country.

    I mean that literally: WE CAN SAVE THE COUNTRY!

    Get busy. Get active. Get organized!

  3. But those were really just people who were arriving late for the YUGE inauguration crowd!

  4. Trump - Illegals showing up for freebies. Sad.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Congratulations to DC metro. Really a heck of a performance on their part considering the public infrastructure issues we have. Shouldn’t lose sight of that.

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