ridership

noun

rid·​er·​ship ˈrī-dər-ˌship How to pronounce ridership (audio)
: the number of persons who ride a system of public transportation

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Neutral Denmark was taken over by the Nazis in April 1940; the wartime dearth of tires and spare parts meant bicycling declined, but by 1950 bicycle ridership was back to pre-war levels. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025 Drastically increasing what hotels pay into ATN would cause many that are not required to have a shuttle service to leave and further threaten federal assistance funding that’s based on ridership, Kotler said. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 27 June 2025 Though ridership nationwide is up to 85 percent of prepandemic levels, Bloomberg News recently estimated that transit systems across the country face a $6 billion budget shortfall. Sophie Hurwitz, Wired News, 7 June 2025 Yet service levels are one of the primary determinants of ridership. Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ridership

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ridership was in 1968

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“Ridership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridership. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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