Metro surpassed the 1.5 million ridership mark on Inauguration Day when unprecedented crowds flooded the nation’s capital for the historic swearing in of President Obama.
The transit system says it provided about 1.12 million rail trips, 423,000 bus trips and 1,721 MetroAccess rides for those with disabilities for a total of 1.54 million trips, the highest ridership day in the transit agency’s history.
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