(21 Jan 2017) A city official in Washington says the turnout estimate for the Women's March on the National Mall now stands at 500,000 people. That's more than double the initial predictions.
Washington's deputy mayor for public safety and justice says on Twitter that organizers of the march are increasing the turnout estimate to half a million.
There were early signs across Washington that Saturday's crowds could top those that gathered on Friday to watch President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Metro subway stations and train cars are full in many locations, while ridership for Friday's inauguration was well off the numbers from Barack Obama's first inaugural.
The march's National Park Service permit estimated a turnout of 200,000, but the District of Columbia's homeland security chief had previously predicted turnout would be higher.
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