Weekend ridership falls as Metro works on tracks

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Ridership on Metrorail has dropped on weekends since Metro started an aggressive push this summer to repair the aging rail system. From July through November, ridership fell 6.4 percent, with an average weekend ridership of 569,231 trips compared with 608,384 in the same period last year, according to data from the transit agency. It’s also the lowest level in at least four years.

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