Demonstrators arrive in downtown Washington via Metro for the March for Our Lives on Saturday. That’s why Metro ridership numbers come in handy. This does not save Metro ridership facts from controversy, however. By Metro ridership alone, the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama holds the ridership record with 1.1 million trips, and it fell on a weekday. He pointed out, however, that it fell on a weekday, when ridership numbers can be deceiving because they include daily commuters.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2018 18:01 UTC