Roads were jammed coming into the Tidal Basin in D.C. while Metro had to restrict entries at one station because of the demand.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors streamed into the Tidal Basin on Sunday to see cherry blossoms in peak bloom, spurred by warm weather and cloudless skies, while overwhelming public transit and roads in and out of Washington. Metro recorded its busiest Sunday since 2015.The rail system serviced more than 340,000 trips on Sunday, said transit agency spokeswoman Sherri Ly. That’s only 20,000 fewer than last Wednesday, when Metro reported a pandemic-era high of 360,000 paid trips.
Metro’s Blue, Orange and Silver lines experienced repeated delays while the crush of crowds forced the rail system to close entrances to the Smithsonian station and make it exit-only for hours while transit officials urged riders to walk to nearby stations. Cherry blossom sightseers were joined by attendees of the Blossom Kite Festival, which took place on the same day.
Passenger counts meant long waits for some riders, but they were an encouraging development for a rail system that has lost about half its ridership since the pandemic began.Metro General Manager Randy Clarke has said in recent months that Metro needed to be ready for an early cherry blossom season, successfully persuading its regulator to permit the use of additional 7000-series rail cars.
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