Before President Barack Obama is sworn in at the
U.S. Capitol, transportation crews, Metro and
police have work to do. Here\'s a breakdown of
Inauguration Day by the numbers.
Caption information from WTOP, Getty Images
and The Associated Press.
Commemorative inaugural SmarTrip cards ordered
by Metro: 100,000 Most will be sold in
the week leading up to the inauguration. (File)
File
Pieces in the United States Air Force Band
marching in the parade: 99
(WTOP/Brennan
Haselton)
Snow fencing to be erected outside the
Capitol:
4 miles (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)
WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck
Dollars the architect of the Capitol has
allotted to spruce up the grounds: $4.2
million That includes platform
construction, bleachers and barricades.
(WTOP/Brennan Haselton)
WTOP/Brennan Haselton
Portable toilets to be available for the
parade route, the National Mall and the
Washington Monument: 2,400. (File)
File
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama Times President Barack Obama will have been
sworn in: 4 It matches the record set
by Franklin Roosevelt. A wording mix-up by
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in
2009
led to a do-over. This time, Obama will take
the
oath privately on Sunday, Jan. 20, the day set
out in the Constitution. Since inaugurations
are
traditionally not held on Sundays, he'll have
his public swearing-in on Monday. (File)
File
Police officers from around the country:
2,000 D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier
says officers from 86 agencies outside the
District will help with crowd control. They'll
all have a special inaugural badge they get to
keep as a souvenir. (File)
File
Extra rolls of toilet paper: 6,900
They'll be stocking up at the Smithsonian's
National Museum of Natural History. Restrooms at
the museum, on the National Mall, will be open
Inauguration Day and during a 2,000-guest
reception the night before. (AP)
AP
Congressional staffers volunteering on
Inauguration Day: 300 to 400
(WTOP/Brennan Haselton)
WTOP/Brennan Haselton
Number of official inaugural balls: 2
That's down from the 10 that Obama had in 2009.
(File)
File
U.S. flags that D.C. transportation crews will
hang: 300 Crews will place the flags and
another 150 District of Columbia flags along the
parade route. (WTOP/Brennan Haselton)
WTOP/Brennan Haselton
Seats on the platform where Obama will deliver
his address: 1,600 They are reserved for
elected officials, Supreme Court justices,
ambassadors, military leaders and family members
of the president and vice president. (WTOP/Brennan
Haselton)
D.C. traffic poles uprooted: 26 The
night before the inaugural parade,
transportation crews will have to start by
removing the traffic light at Fourth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue. Then they'll do it again
on
Sixth Street, Seventh and Ninth streets and
every other
intersection along the parade's 1.5-mile route.
(WTOP/Bob Madigan)
WTOP/Bob Madigan
Bridges closed: 3 Memorial, Roosevelt
and 14th Street bridges will be closed or
rerouting traffic all day on Jan. 21. Key, Chain,
South Capitol, Woodrow Wilson and the 11th Street
bridges are all open. (Courtesy Flickr/JHGagle)
Courtesy Flickr/JHGagle
Inauguration Turnout Metro stations closed on Inauguration Day:
3 Archives, Smithsonian and Mt. Vernon
Square will be closed all day on Jan. 21. "We
are preparing for this and offering a level of
service identical to what we carried in 2009 --
1.9 million," says Metro's Dan Stessel. They're
planning a 17-hour rush hour even though
second-
term inaugurations traditionally have a lower
crowd turnout. (File)
File
People expected on the National Mall:
600,000
to 800,000 When Obama is sworn in for
his second term, officials say they are
expecting far fewer than the 1.9 million who
huddled in the cold in 2009 to see the nation's
first black president take the oath.
(Pool/Getty
Images News/Getty News)
WASHINGTON – Before President Barack Obama is sworn-in at the U.S. Capitol, transportation crews, Metro and police have work to do. Here’s a breakdown of Inauguration Day by the numbers.
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