585,281 people had ridden Metro as of 1pm today, which means we’ll probably eclipse the record some time around 7pm today, if my math is right. I would bet we’ll clear 1.3M people by the time that Metro closes tonight.
Update: The 4pm graphs are out for the Metro, and they’re up to 806,000 riders for the day. At 4pm. So, by now (5pm) it’s likely that record has been topped, and it’s probable that they’ll be well over 1.3M riders for the day.
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2 Responses to “Metro On Pace to Crush Record”
January 20th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
What is the currently standing ridership record before today? Is there a link to the top 10 days?
January 20th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
The standing record was set Monday, and there’s a Top Ten on their latest press release.