Flocking to the Metro

June 19, 2008

Washington’s Metro system has had two of its highest-ridership days on record this week - despite the lack of Nats games or special events.

Yesterday, 823,000 people road Metro’s trains, making it Metro’s sixth most popular day. The day before Metro had 812,000 riders and a new No. 10 for the list.

It’s no big surprise - officials were expecting to greet more riders as gas prices climb. (At the Shell station outside my building in Bethesda, gas was $4.35/gallon for regular unleaded this morning … which would encourage just about anyone to ride Metro.)

Still, the real record-breaking day for the transit agency could be today - National Dump the Pump Day. As if commuters need more encouragement, transit officials around the country are pushing public transportation today especially.

And whether or not you take Metro, you can still enter WMATA’s contest to guess today’s ridership. If you win, you’ll get a Metro card worth $100.

Even if you sold it to a friend - hey, that’s still a tank (or two) of gas. For use in a carpool, of course..

JACKIE SAUTER, Web Editor

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Posted by Jackie Sauter | Filed Under business, transit, washington 

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