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Lee Nichols
The MetroRail is still going the wrong way: Ridership in its second full month of service declined again, hitting a daily average of 775 boardings in May. (The actual number of riders is much lower, since presumably most commuters go round-trip.) That’s down from 901 boardings per day in April, the Red Line’s first full month of revenue service.
This article appears in July 2 • 2010.
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