How to Use ridership in a Sentence

ridership

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  • But there’s more that could be done to improve Class 1 Routes and bike ridership across our city.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Travel times remained about the same, though, because of the increase in ridership, the study found.
    — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • And some of the big cities that have waived fares still haven’t regained pre-pandemic ridership.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, service, ridership, and speed across the entire Red Line are all down since the T added new slow zones last year.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In some ways, though, the growing crowds are part of the piece, which Simpson always envisioned with the flow of ridership in mind.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • Car traffic is up and subway and bus riderships are down.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The dismal ridership may have something to do with the dismal service.
    — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • The riders lean younger, and there’s a larger percentage of female ridership than on the bus.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But that trickle-down effect hasn’t been enough to sustain and grow the Classic ridership.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Metro had three of its top pandemic-era ridership days last week.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Uber and Lyft were taking a pretty heavy toll on transit ridership.
    — Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Crime in the transit system fell in 2023 compared with the previous year even as ridership increased.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The killing is the latest episode of violence to hit the transit system, which has faced rising crime and plummeting ridership since the start of the pandemic.
    — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • As the rest of the tech industry copes with a downturn, Uber saw revenue growth driven by ridership increases.
    — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • During the interview, Quirk talked about the expense of the tunnel, low ridership on the train, and the need for a cost-benefit analysis before the project proceeds.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Bus ridership in both regions has seen a much faster recovery.
    — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • What are some trends of ridership on public transit systems in recent years?
    — Kari Edison Watkins, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In the first year of Boston’s fare-free program, ridership on the three free routes inched closer to prepandemic levels faster than the T bus system as a whole, a city review found.
    — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In March 2020, Bird ridership plummeted as Covid lockdowns shut cities down.
    — Amy Martyn, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Along with the tax cut, free bus fares would continue after Dec. 1 — a highly popular move in the cities, where bus ridership is far higher than the suburbs.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Drops in Metro ridership are concentrated among younger adults and residents of the District, according to the poll.
    — Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Flagship also said ridership has been lower this year than last.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • The drop in ridership gave rise to a 30-cent fare increase, which will take effect in January, in hopes of easing TriMet’s financial shortfall.
    — oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Given all that empty office space and large drop-offs in BART ridership, these plans now face a more uncertain future.
    — Mark Davidson, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The year 2022 saw service cuts, ridership recovery, and plenty of delays.
    — Daigo Fujiwara, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Before the pandemic, Pittsburgh was one of only a few metro areas in the U.S. where bus ridership was increasing.
    — Eden Weingart, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The increase puts ridership levels back on par with pre-pandemic levels, according to the DOT.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The crime, filth and erratic behavior have caused female ridership to drop.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But ridership slumped during the pandemic—and so did Bird’s shares after its 2021 stock market debut.
    — Amy Martyn, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The single-track trolley saw some of its highest monthly ridership numbers ever over the summer.
    — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023

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