Photo by Mr. T in DC

The ridership record Capital Bikeshare set last Tuesday didn’t last very long. Just four days after having its biggest day ever, with 9,857 rides, Bikeshare finally broke the five-digit barrier, and by a fair distance.

The system recorded 11,372 rides on Saturday, with a nearly even split between annual and short-term members. With the National Cherry Blossom Festival winding down with its parade, and plenty of other stuff to do on a picturesque weekend day in D.C. and Northern Virginia, Bikeshare was popular with its regulars and visitors alike.

Annual members accounted for 5,996 rides, or about 52.7 percent, on Saturday, with customers purchasing one- and three-day passes accounting for the rest, according to figures compiled by Arlington’s Mobility Lab. Bikeshare use spiked in the mid-afternoon, with 856 people rolling around on the big, red bikes at 3:34 p.m.

Not surprisingly for a weekend, much less the final weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival, the four busiest stations were all located around the National Mall. The Lincoln Memorial station was the origin point for 410 rides, followed by Jefferson Drive and 14th Street SW with 358, the Jefferson Memorial with 304, and Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW with 253. The station at Massachusetts Avenue and Dupont Circle was fifth, with 249.

Despite the tourist-heavy statistics from last week Bikeshare’s most recent growth has been in locations that are clearly geared toward commuters. On Friday, it installed three uptown stations—Fifth and Kennedy Streets NW, Georgia Avenue and Emerson Street NW, and 14th and Upshur Streets NW.