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ridership

ridership

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The number of people who use public transport
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪdərʃɪp/
: número de pasajeros
  • The city reported a significant increase in ridership on the new bus route.
  • free ridership
  • estimated ridership

It it, it could be a function of the ridership in the past, right.

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Examples

  • During the same time frame, Metro diesel bus ridership soared by at least 60%.

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  • Do you think the U.S. is some magical place where ridership decreases as speed increases?

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  • And so there was no clear ridership for this train.

  • Does this mean that efforts to increase ridership will not help and may even harm the environment?

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  • Combined, the Orange and Green Lines carry half of all rail transit ridership.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Women account for barely 25% of bicycle ridership nationally and in California.

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  • In the current year, the agency is expecting rail ridership to remain steady, despite a fare hike.

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  • Such shifts in Metro's ridership matter, as riders' fares help pay for the system.

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  • "Ten-ride ticket users account for about 22 percent of Metra's ridership," according to the Chicago Tribune.

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  • The estimated ridership along the Green Subway Line is 20,490, including 8,171 individuals who normally commute by bus.

    Academic text (2016)

Surface Forms

ridership singular
riderships plural

Morphology

ridership = rider (transparent) = ride + er + ship

Formed by adding '-ship' to 'rider' to denote the collective/state of riders; the meaning 'number/group of people who ride' is directly derived.

Etymology

Ridership is simply ride plus -ship: ride means 'to travel' and -ship means 'state or group', as in friendship or leadership. So ridership is the group or number of people who ride a bus, train, or other public transport.