passenger mile
noun
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.
passenger mileage
-
a word derived from
passenger mile.
Example Sentences
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And airline passenger mileage is about equal to 9.5% of the railroad's Pullman passenger mileage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Between 1947 and 1955 railroads lost 32% of their passenger mileage, while the scheduled airlines gained 217%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Passengers carried constituted an even more minute percentage of the total and, because the largest numbers of them rode river ferries, the relative passenger mileage percentage was even lower.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
