Can you believe the crazy records that Metro broke over inauguration weekend? WTOP reports, "On Jan. 20, Metrorail carried 1,120,000 passengers, 423,000 bus riders and 1,721 MetroAccess riders for a total of 1,544,721 trips, the highest ridership day ever in the transit authority's history." All we can say is: Dang.
And apparently the official count of people who swarmed DC over inauguration: 1.8 million. That also elicits a "dang," even though it's far below the 4 million originally projected. Which elicits a "phew" from us. If 1.8 million people made things so crazy, can you imagine twice that in the city?
Hillary Clinton was confirmed yesterday as the Secretary of State; also yesterday, Caroline Kennedy withdrew her bid for Clinton's New York Senate seat.
Scary times for Virginia Tech students: a man fatally stabbed a woman on campus.
And in not strictly Washington news, the Oscar nominations were released. Really? Benjamin Button with 13 nominations? Alright.
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Can you believe the crazy records that Metro broke over inauguration weekend? WTOP reports, "On Jan. 20, Metrorail carried 1,120,000 passengers, 423,000 bus riders and 1,721 MetroAccess riders for a total of 1,544,721 trips, the highest ridership day ever in the transit authority's history." All we can say is: Dang.
And apparently the official count of people who swarmed DC over inauguration: 1.8 million. That also elicits a "dang," even though it's far below the 4 million originally projected. Which elicits a "phew" from us. If 1.8 million people made things so crazy, can you imagine twice that in the city?
Hillary Clinton was confirmed yesterday as the Secretary of State; also yesterday, Caroline Kennedy withdrew her bid for Clinton's New York Senate seat.
Scary times for Virginia Tech students: a man fatally stabbed a woman on campus.
And in not strictly Washington news, the Oscar nominations were released. Really? Benjamin Button with 13 nominations? Alright.
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