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.