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Meaning of "ridership" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIDERSHIP

ridership  [ˈraɪdəˌʃɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIDERSHIP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ridership is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIDERSHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Patronage (transport)

In public transport, patronage or ridership is a type of forecasting or statistic for studying the average quantity of passengers carried per certain time in a mode of public transit system. The concept should not be confused with the maximum loading capacity of one particular vehicle or the whole transit system. The gathered or predicted ridership data is usually referred by transport planner to align the route and decide what kind of vehicle will be employed.

Definition of ridership in the English dictionary

The definition of ridership in the dictionary is the number of passengers riding something ; the action of riding something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIDERSHIP


airship
ˈɛəˌʃɪp
ambassadorship
æmˈbæsədəˌʃɪp
authorship
ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp
censorship
ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp
co-authorship
kəʊˈɔːθəˌʃɪp
commandership
kəˈmɑ:ndəˌʃɪp
controllership
kənˈtrəʊləˌʃɪp
curatorship
kjʊˈreɪtəˌʃɪp
dictatorship
dɪkˈteɪtəˌʃɪp
distributorship
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtəˌʃɪp
eldership
ˈeldəˌʃɪp
followership
ˈfɒləʊəˌʃɪp
governorship
ˈɡʌvənəˌʃɪp
holdership
ˈhəʊldəˌʃɪp
householdership
ˈhaʊsˌhəʊldəˌʃɪp
lectureship
ˈlɛktʃəˌʃɪp
mastership
ˈmɑːstəˌʃɪp
membership
ˈmɛmbəˌʃɪp
ministership
ˈmɪnɪstəˌʃɪp
rulership
ˈruːləˌʃɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIDERSHIP

ride
ride again
ride at anchor
ride down
ride for a fall
ride out
ride roughshod over
ride the wave
ride to hounds
ride up
rideable
Rideau Hall
rident
rider
riderless
ridesharing
ridge
ridge piece
ridge tent
ridge tile

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIDERSHIP

dealership
entrepreneurship
home ownership
joint ownership
leadership
limited partnership
mentorship
ownership
partnership
place of worship
premiership
proprietorship
readership
relationship
scholarship
shared ownership
sponsorship
starship
survivorship
warship
worship

Synonyms and antonyms of ridership in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ridership» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIDERSHIP

Find out the translation of ridership to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ridership from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ridership» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乘客人数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasajeros
570 millions of speakers

English

ridership
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यात्रियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الركاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пассажиропоток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ridership
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ridership
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

achalandage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penumpang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fahrgast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乗客
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이용자 수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penumpang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khách đi xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயணித்தவர்களின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवासीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ridership
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

utenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejazdów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пасажиропотік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ridership
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιβατική κίνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ridership
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antalet passagerare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rider
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ridership

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIDERSHIP»

The term «ridership» is regularly used and occupies the 93.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIDERSHIP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ridership» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ridership» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ridership

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIDERSHIP»

Discover the use of ridership in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ridership and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elements Needed to Create High Ridership Transit Systems
"TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 111: Elements Needed to Create High-Ridership Transit Systems explores the strategies used by transit agencies to create high ridership.
‎2007
2
Building Transit Ridership: An Exploration of Transit's ...
Addresses transit's ridership and its share of the travel market.
‎1997
3
A Handbook: Using Market Segmentation to Increase Transit ...
Provides an overview of market segmentation--what it is and why it is relevant to public transit agencies.
Rebecca Elmore-Yalch, 1998
4
Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring
Every transit agency tracks system ridership. Based on survey results, most U.S. agencies use boardings (unlinked trips) as the primary measure of system ridership, whereas most Canadian systems use revenue passengers (linked trips ) as ...
Peter Gregory Furth, 2000
5
The Buttke and Corradino Methods for Forecasting Transit ...
While the US government's Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 embodied lofty goals, one major problem has been funding.
Francis Amodu Smith, 2007
6
Rail Transit Capacity
A2.2 RIDERSHIP INFORMATION A2.2.1 COLLECTION AND AVAILABILITY OF RIDERSHIP INFORMATION Ridership data collected from agencies is presented in Appendix Three Data Tabulations. Not all information categories requested ...
‎1996
7
Public Transportation: Transit Agencies’ Actions to Address ...
Ridership outpaced the provision of heavy rail service by about 18 percentage points (specifically, ridership for heavy rail increased by about 37 percent while the provision of heavy rail service increased by about 19 percent). For agencies ...
David Wise
8
Passenger Counting Systems
The survey was designed to elicit information on automated technologies. At the time of the last synthesis, manual data collection was the most common means of gathering information on ridership. Over the past 10 years, use of APC systems ...
Daniel K. Boyle, 2008
9
U.S. and International Approaches to Performance Measurement ...
Goal 3, increased transit ridership, focuses on the USDOT Strategic Plan reference to reduced congestion. As part of Goal 3, FTA promotes transit ridership through investments, initiatives, and sharing information and best practices with transit ...
‎2008
10
Fare Policies, Structures and Technologies: Update
U-PASS Program (4–5) Program Usage and Customer Benefits Through the AFC system, CTA has been able to track U-PASS ridership, providing a good indication of the program's ridership characteristics. Approximately 85 to 90 percent of ...
‎2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIDERSHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ridership is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Silver Line Celebrates Its First Birthday With Mediocre Ridership
Ridership is below expectations. The five new Silver Line stations averaged 17,088 riders per weekday in June, according to Metro figures — about 7,000 less ... «WAMU 88.5, Jul 15»
2
Downeaster ridership, revenue down as track work forces …
Downeaster ridership, revenue down as track work forces cancellations. The train service will cancel more than 100 Portland-Boston runs this month alone ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
3
Metro-North had highest ridership ever in 2014
More than 84.6 million people rode the railroad in 2014, up from 83.3 million in 2013. Ridership climbed almost 7 percent west of the Hudson, particularly on the ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
4
New York City Subway Ridership Jumps
New York City's subway system carried 1.75 billion customers last year, as ridership grew to the highest annual amount in more than 65 years, according to new ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
US Transit Ridership Continued Upward Climb in 2014, Thanks to …
Transit ridership continued to climb in American cities last year, even as gas prices sank. The American Public Transit Association is out with new data on the ... «Streetsblog Capitol Hill, Mar 15»
6
CTA ridership fell 3 percent last year, but train trips growing
Buses continued a longtime trend of carrying most CTA passengers in 2014, but bus ridership fell 8 percent from the previous year as rail ridership rose to its ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
7
Scarborough subway ridership and costs are unsolved mysteries
More than year after council voted to build a subway instead of light rail in Scarborough, it remains unclear how many people will actually ride it and what it will ... «Toronto Star, Feb 15»
8
MBTA Ridership Surpasses 37M For 1st Time
The commuter rail had a 1.6 percent increase year-over-year, heavy rail had a 5.6 percent increase, while boat ridership jumped nearly 8 percent. Bus trips were ... «WBUR, Nov 14»
9
Amtrak posts ridership growth, but long-distance lines lag
WASHINGTON — Amtrak 's ridership and ticket revenue increased in fiscal 2014, buoyed by continued growth in the Northeast Corridor , the rail service ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»
10
Subway ridership hits record high
23, the highest volume ever for the New York subway system. The agency touted the record ridership to bolster support for its proposed five-year capital plan, ... «Crain's New York Business, Oct 14»

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