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Transit Facts & Figures

Number of Passeger Trips for WMATA and other US trasit agencies

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Transit Oriented Development Statistics

Metrorail's Highest Ridership Days as of October 2005:

Rank
Date Ridership Event
1
06-09-04 850,636 Reagan State Funeral
2
01-20-93 811,257 Clinton Inaugural #1
3
10-16-95 804,146 Million Man March
4
07-21-05 769,553 Baseball
5
04-14-05 766,184 First Nationals Game
6
07-20-05 764,663 Baseball
7
06-30-05 764,425 Baseball
8
06-10-04 763,121 Reagan State Funeral
9
06-08-05 761,652 Baseball
10
06-28-05 761,486 Baseball

*From WMATA. Every trip a customer takes counts as one ride toward the total ridership count for a day.

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