[Tribune7]

I suspect that the majority of those who attended the inauguration were residents of Washington D.C. and its environs.

I don't think that would be true of the March.

This, of course, means that the Metro use for the Inauguration would be much higher than that for the March.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Dont' forget all the busses that drove into to DC. We passed many on the highway, or I should say many passed our little Party bus, chugging along at 45 mph...LOL.

We had no trouble, we drove in with no trouble and then the bus driver let us out by the Dept. of Education, Lyndon Baines Johnson building, as we all choked. :0)

[EDINVA]

I wouldn’t deny for a moment that the Inauguration attracted a larger crowd, but to say the March was only 70K is impossibly low.

Another Metro factor for the Inauguration v the March is that ALL bridges from VA to DC were closed Inauguration day. The closest bridges to downtown were the 2 Beltway bridges to the N and S of DC. Everyone who went to the Inauguration from VA pretty much had no option but to go by Metro. The roads/bridges into DC from VA last weekend were not closed.

[Hildy]

I was standing next to a guy who had been at the inauguration..he said it wasn’t even close..that there were so many more people at the inauguration. Just relaying a story...don’t shoot the messenger!