Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 7, 2008

Metrorail records highest July 4th ridership day in history

Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s highest ridership for the Fourth of July holiday in the history of the 32-year-old rail system. Riders took 598,898 trips on July 4th, nearly 100,000 more trips than last year when 499,341 people rode Metrorail. Metrobus moved 168,000 people on July 4th.

Metrorail’s Top 5 July 4 Ridership Days

      Date           Ridership
1   7-4-2008    598,898
2   7-4-1997    593,419
3   7-4-1998    585,354
4   7-4-2000    582,450
5   7-4-1996    569,894

News release issued at 2:55 pm, July 7, 2008.