Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system.
Wiktionary
- n. The people who ride a form of transportation.
Examples
“They feel the boost in ridership is well worth it, especially as any fee-taking system has administrative costs of their own.”
“While some of this reduction in ridership is due to the slowing economy and not rising prices, our policy should be to encourage and not discourage the use of mass transit.”
The Huffington Post: Steven Cohen: It's Time to Enact Congestion Pricing in New York City
“Junior reporters, none familiar with the history of the RAV story, are saying that boardings, please stop using the term ridership as it gives the impression that this means ‘riders’, will reach 100,000 per day by 2013.”
Canada Line subsidy will be felt for years to come « Stephen Rees's blog
“One of a some-more common complaints about Metro, in all with augmenting ridership, is a miss of a four-track transport downtown.”
“Earlier, you falsely claimed that transit ridership is rising.”
“As I just demonstrated, transit ridership is falling and VMT is rising.”
“I have also disproved your earlier false claim that transit ridership is rising.”
“Your assertion that transit ridership is rising is false, and your assertion that VMT is falling is also false.”
“I think that people are willing to use mass transit because of the recent surge in the use of mass transit after the rise in gas prices and that ridership is still high.”
“Don't worry ... the same guy who pungled up the projected figures for WES ridership is working on this one ...”
Oregon to spend "leftover" $35 million on Amtrak trains (Jack Bog's Blog)
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