passenger mile

American  

Or passenger-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.

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Other Word Forms

• passenger mileage
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of passenger mile

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

passenger mile

On average, cars emit almost one pound of carbon dioxide per passenger mile.

From Scientific American ● May 17, 2023

Cruise ships are more polluting per passenger mile than any other form of travel, burning 30 to 50 gallons of fossil fuels for each mile traveled.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

But it doesn’t mention one seemingly intuitive option: Convince people currently driving to instead take transit, which is much safer per passenger mile.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2022

He says federal, state and local subsidies to air and highway travel average around a penny per passenger mile.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2021

The runabout made 457 miles in the same time, and the cost per passenger mile was 1.8 cents.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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