ridership
noun
rid·er·ship
ˈrī-dər-ˌship 
: the number of persons who ride a system of public transportation
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The conductor of the train tallies ridership and records it manually.
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Mel Fronczek, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
The extension of the Coaster to the Convention Center is welcome, but RideSD is dead on in its observation that the lack of a rational evening schedule is a huge hurdle to increasing ridership.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority set a new daily light rail ridership record, transporting more than 30,000 people to Levi’s Stadium and other related events.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
According to the San Joaquin RTD, the agency serves much of the Stockton area with an annual ridership number of more than 2,500,000 as of 2024.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Mel Fronczek, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
The extension of the Coaster to the Convention Center is welcome, but RideSD is dead on in its observation that the lack of a rational evening schedule is a huge hurdle to increasing ridership.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority set a new daily light rail ridership record, transporting more than 30,000 people to Levi’s Stadium and other related events.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
According to the San Joaquin RTD, the agency serves much of the Stockton area with an annual ridership number of more than 2,500,000 as of 2024.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Ridership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridership. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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