The Nationals’ success has been fascinating from a transportation standpoint as well. We’ve been able to see how a multimodal transportation system successfully transported tens of thousands to and from a destination that didn’t exist more than a few years ago.

Matt Johnson mapped where fans ride on Metro after games. Capital Bikeshare has gotten into the act by creating a video visualization of where riders took bikes from the stadium after the playoff game against the Cardinals on October 10:

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.