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Protesters at Women's March may outnumber those attending Trump inauguration
By Perry Stein
Far more buses have applied to secure parking through the city for the Women's March on Washington the day after inauguration than for the inauguration itself, a D.C Council member has said.
Charles Allen said at least 1200 buses have applied for permits to park at RFK Stadium in Washington on January 21, the day of the Women's March on Washington, while 200 have applied for parking the day before, Inauguration Day. NBC4 first reported the figures.
RFK Stadium has a capacity of 1300 buses and is the main city-run parking option for charter buses over that weekend. Buses can still find their own parking outside RFK, so these numbers do not necessarily reflect all of the buses that will be headed to the District for inauguration or the Women's March.
The D.C Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday on inauguration readiness and logistics.
The District's Department of Transportation is running the parking and permitting process at RFK and says there are other parking sites in the city at locations such as Union Station and the Navy Yard. Cher, Katy Perry and Scarlett Johanson are among the celebrities set to headline the march.
Many sister events will be held across the world, including in Australia with the local organisers of the hoping their efforts would hope amplify the US women's calls for an end to hatred and bigotry.
Elizabeth Cage, one of the main organisers of the Sydney event, believes the day will also encourage Australians to take action to protect the rights of everyone in Australia and pursue their own forms of activism.
The Washington Post