Source: WTOP.com/AP
WASHINGTON - Metro says preliminary figures show Metrorail moved a record number of passengers on Saturday, with many heading to the National Mall for a rally by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Metro says 825,437 Metrorail trips were taken on Saturday, compared to average Saturday ridership of about 350,000. Metro says Saturday's ridership surpassed the 1991 Desert Storm rally, when 786,358 trips were taken.
On an average weekday, Metro says a combined 1.2 million rail and bus trips are taken.
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As a comparison to Beck's rally:
Metrorail traffic on Saturday – the day Fox News commentator Glenn Beck hosted a rally at the Lincoln Memorial – was at its highest level since the Fourth of July weekend.
More than half-a-million people rode Metro trains Saturday, far outpacing weekend ridership since Independence Day, according to Metro traffic reports.
Roughly 510,000 people rode Metro trains last Saturday, or about 180,000 more than had on any other weekend day in August.
Read more at the Washington Examiner:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/blogs/capital-l...
I GUESS BECK DIDN'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE
