A blog generally about Transit, Planning, and Policy in the Washington, DC region.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Metro Sets Record
Yesterday, I reported on experiencing lots of tourist crowding on Metro. I was apparently wrong. It wasn't just visitors jamming up the system. Ridership reached an all time high yesterday.
Metrorail carried some 866,681 trips on January 19, 2009.
My projection is that we'll set another one today.
I'm afraid you won't find Track Twenty-Nine at New York's Pennsylvania Station, and you wouldn't have found one in 1941 when the Glenn Miller song debuted either.
But of course, with the Internet, all things are possible; you've found Track Twenty-Nine here in the ether of cyberspace. I hope you visit often. You never know what you might find along the tracks here.
I'm a recent graduate of the Urban Planning Master's program at the University of Maryland. My interests include planning and transportation.
I got my undergraduate degree in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology and am a recent transplant (Aug. '07) to the DC area.
Unless otherwise noted, all photos on this site were taken by me. If you'd like to use one, please ask (matt.tracktwentynine at gmail.com) and give credit. Thanks!
1 comment:
I thought yesterday was going to be noticeably busier than an average Monday (after riding last night). But Record Breaking!
1.5 million today? Looks like a possibility, damn ...
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