4th of July used to be one of the busiest days of the year for DC's Metrorail and the system still puts in a place a set of unique rules for the day. But with a couple of exception, ridership has been stagnant the last 20 years. Here's ridership, as best I could find, for the 4th of July every year the system opened.
4th of Julys
2020 - Sat ~ 37,000 (Covid-19)
2019 - Thu - 400,996
2018 - Wen - 394,293
2017 - Tue ~ 375,000
2016 - Mon ~ 286,000
2015 - Sat ~ 521,000 (Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary concert at RFK)
2014 - Fri ~ 596,000
2013 - Thu ~ 527,000
2012 - Wen ~ 504,000
2011 - Mon ~ 515,000
2010 - Sun - 582,286
2009 - Sat - 631,206
2008 - Fri - 598,898 (or 544,406)
2007 - Wen - 499,341
2006 - Tue - 451,623
2005 - Mon - 541,201
2004 - Sun - 363,280
2003 - Fri - 536,832
2002 - Thu - 356,673
2001 - Wed - 486,256
2000 - Tue - 582,450
1999 - Sun - 540,945
1998 - Sat - 585,354
1997 - Fri - 593,419
1996 - Thu - 569,894
1995 - Tue - 475,156
1994 - Mon - 522,000 (announced as a record for the 4th, but 1990 was estimated bigger)
1993 - Sun - 505,157 (article for ‘94 also called this a record, but 1990 was estimated bigger)
1992 - Sat - Fewer than 1993, but more than 1991.
1991 - Thu - 415,000
1990 - Wen - 527,000
1989 - Tue - ???
1988 - Mon - More than 1987, likely more than 500,000
1987 - Sat ~ 400,000
1986 - Fri ~ 500,000
1985 - Thu Big crowd, largest since opening ~540,000 (if everyone who left came by Metro)
1984 - Wed ~ 470,000+
1983 - Mon - Fewer than in 1984
1982 - Sun - ???
1981 - Sat - Fewer than in 1980.
1980 - Fri - 250,000-300,000
1979 - Wen - ??? rained but during gas crunch and rides home were free
1978 - Tue - ???
1977 - Mon - 103,012
1976 - Sun - 0 (Metrorail closed for the day)
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