[PRCo] METRORAIL Ridership

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

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> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:44:33 PM
> Subject: Re: METRORAIL DISASTER
> .......a system that moves a million people a day,

This piqued my curiosity;  rail alone moves about 800,000 daily except weekends.  Quoting from the wmata website:

"Figures shown here for Metrorail ridership represent actual passenger entries and exits for the specific date."
http://www.wmata.com/rail/disruption_reports/viewPage_update.cfm?ReportID=1475

Mr.Swindler;  does this mean that each passenger 'on rail' is counted twice - boarding and exiting?  Do you know if the figure for June-17 of 813,915 is adjusted  (board + exit / 2)  or should this figure be divided by 2 to determine the actual individual passenger count?  Yes;  the figure doesn't divide evenly but electronic counters have a variety of issues to affect results.

http://www.wmata.com/rail/disruption_reports/archived_service_reports.cfm

Here is info from the wmata site about the recent accident:
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2630



Phil
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