Metro News Release

For immediate release: April 11, 2006

Immigration Rally sets Second Highest Ridership Day in Metrorail History

The immigration rally on the National Mall yesterday set the second highest ridership day in Metrorail’s 30-year-history. Regular riders and protesters took 821,283 trips. An additional 137,234 people boarded trains compared to a typical Monday last month. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provided nearly 1.3 million trips yesterday. Typical weekday bus ridership has been about 451,000 trips.
                                                           
 Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days
           Date                Ridership                    Event 
 
1)    06-09-04    850,636      Reagan State Funeral Ceremony
2)     04-10-06          821,283            Immigration Rally
3)    01-20-93    811,257      Clinton Inaugural #1
4)    03-31-06    808,108      Cherry Blossoms
5)    10-16-95    804,146      Million Man March
6)    07-21-05    769,553      Baseball
7)    04-14-05    766,184      1st Baseball Game
8)    07-20-05    764,663       Baseball
9)    06-30-05    764,425       Baseball
10) 06-10-04     763,121       Reagan State Funeral Ceremony

News release issued on April 11, 2006.