ridership
noun
rid·er·ship
ˈrī-dər-ˌship 
: the number of persons who ride a system of public transportation
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Despite the fallback in ridership, down to about 65% of pre-pandemic levels, the system still provided more than 300 million rides last year, up 11% from 2023.
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David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet scrapping the tracks entirely would forfeit an opportunity to fortify the city’s transit backbone, especially as ridership rebounds post-pandemic.
—Paul Dreyer, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Still, ridership hasn’t rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Boring says its system will be able to move 90,000 passengers an hour, more than a typical day’s subway ridership in 2023 at New York City’s third-busiest station, 34th Street-Herald Square Station (72,890).
—Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
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David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet scrapping the tracks entirely would forfeit an opportunity to fortify the city’s transit backbone, especially as ridership rebounds post-pandemic.
—Paul Dreyer, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
Still, ridership hasn’t rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Boring says its system will be able to move 90,000 passengers an hour, more than a typical day’s subway ridership in 2023 at New York City’s third-busiest station, 34th Street-Herald Square Station (72,890).
—Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Ridership.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridership. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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