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Columbia: Hundreds of thousands of people flooded US cities Saturday in a day of women`s rights protests to mark President Donald Trump`s first full day in office.
In the capital, where the largest march was held, ridership on the metro bus and train network stood at 275,000 at 11 am, almost 50 percent higher than the same time for Trump`s inauguration a day earlier, the WMATA transport authority said.
According to Washington`s deputy mayor Kevin Donahue, organizers upped their initial turnout estimate from 200,000 to half a million people faced with the flood of protesters who were continuing to pour into the capital`s streets.
The US capital does not release official turnout figures, but Independence Avenue, one of the city`s main arteries running along the National Mall, was so packed it was impossible to cross along 11 blocks, or around a mile (1.5 kilometers).
The crowds were such that tens of thousands were wandering on the nearby Mall itself, unable to access the main rally.
Huge sister protests were taking place in cities including Boston, New York, Denver and Chicago, where police said the event was changed from a march to a rally due to the “large crowd on hand.”
The Chicago Tribune reported that 150,000 people had turned out in the city, jamming streets downtown.
