Metro News Release
For immediate release: April 21, 2006
Metro sets Three High Ridership Days in a Week
Soaring gas prices, good weather and tourism are helping Metro to set its third high ridership day this week. Yesterday was the sixth busiest ridership day in Metrorail’s 30-year history. Riders took 780,820 trips Thursday, which was 48,444 more than the same day last year. Wednesday was the 14th highest ridership day with 761,986 trips, and Tuesday now ranks as number nine with 765,516 trips. There were no special events, like Cherry Blossoms or last week’s Immigration Rights Rally on these high ridership days. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provided nearly 1.2 million trips yesterday. Typical weekday bus ridership has been about 451,000 trips.
Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days
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| Date | Ridership | Event Ridership | Event |
| 1 | 06-09-04 | 850,636 | 133,000 | Reagan State Funeral Ceremony |
| 2 | 04-10-06 | 821,283 | 131,000 | Immigrant Rights Rally |
| 3 | 01-20-93 | 811,257 | Clinton Inaugural #1 | |
| 4 | 03-31-06 | 808,108 | 49,000 | Cherry Blossoms |
| 5 | 10-16-95 | 804,146 | 500,000 | Million Man March |
| 6 | 04-20-06 | 780,820 |
| No Event |
| 7 | 07-21-05 | 769,553 | 26,500 | Baseball |
| 8 | 04-14-05 | 766,184 | 54,650 | 1st Baseball Game |
| 9 | 04-18-06 | 765,516 |
| No Event |
| 10 | 07-20-05 | 764,663 | 21,700 | Baseball |
News release issued on April 21, 2006.