ridership

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The people who ride a form of transportation.

   • The bus company was going bankrupt because their ridership was too small.
   • Virgin Trains East Coast failed because ridership and revenue did not increase as predicted in its bid. It still rose, but not enough to satisfy the deal it had made with DfT. The result was that Stagecoach and Virgin lost a lot of money.
   • But the picture is grim in many more cities. On the Paris Métro, ridership was just over half of normal in the first two months of this year.
2. 2

   The position or office of a rider.

   • After four years, (in 1780,) he ventured to propose the abolition of all riderships (croupe), and of other sinecures connected with the King’s household: […]
   • If you voluntarily put your head into that Apothecaries’ noose, so adroitly weaved for you in 1815 by the worse part of the Physicians, you will infallibly fall under the ridership it is your best desire to escape.

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