ridership

[rahy-der-ship]

noun

1. the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ridership¹

First recorded in 1965–70; rider + -ship

Example Sentences

And future projections for ridership estimates have plummeted millions from what was estimated pre-pandemic, when airport officials planned for 110 million passengers in 2028.

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“Millions of Los Angeles County residents already depend on Metro bus and rail, Metrolink, and municipal operators. Yet service has not kept pace with need: transit ridership is still 25-30% below pre-pandemic levels, even as freeway traffic has nearly fully rebounded,” the delegation’s letter stated.

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“We fully intend to see an opportunity where we can address some of that ridership and look at ways to ensure an equitable opportunity that invests in our regional transit public transit, while we also work to build what I call the spine of our transit, a high speed rail program that will run up and down the state and connect to our regional public transit arteries.”

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“And we must also work toward securing the long-term funding — beyond today’s commitment — that can bring high-speed rail to California’s population centers, where ridership and revenue growth will in turn support future expansions.”

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County accounts for 82% of Southern California’s bus ridership.

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