passenger mile

or passen·ger-mile

noun

1. a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.

Other Words From

• passenger mileage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of passenger mile¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Of course, the most effective way to lower emissions, per passenger mile, is to get more people on the bus.

From The Daily Beast

The passenger-mile—representing the progress of one train over one mile of track—is the unit of that form of traffic.

From Project Gutenberg

A passenger-mile, as we know already, is one of the units in estimating the traffic revenue of a railroad.

From Project Gutenberg