noun · academic
ridership
UK/ˈraɪdəʃɪp/US/ˈraɪdərʃɪp/RIDE·r·ship
the number of passengers using a particular transport service, route or system
Examples
“Public investment often aims to increase ridership on local bus services.”
“Ridership dropped during the pandemic but is now recovering slowly.”
“Higher ridership can justify more frequent services.”
Band 8 sentence
“Increasing ridership on buses requires reliability, affordability and routes that match commuting patterns.”
Collocations
- increase ridership
- daily ridership
- ridership figures
Word family
Common mistakes
riderships→ridership
number of ridership→ridership / number of riders / ridership figures
Say it for a higher band
5number of passengers→6passenger numbers→7+ridership
Synonyms
passenger numbers
Easily confused
passenger numbers
“Passenger numbers on the commuter line have increased since last year.”
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