Word: ridership
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...MBTA spokesperson said she did not anticipate any lost ridership due to the fee increase...
However, studies have shown that fare increases in public transportation are often accompanied by slightly reduced ridership, according to David E. Luberoff, associate director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government...
...What usually happens is ridership declines slightly, but the overall revenue usually goes up a little more than ridership decline,” said Luberoff, who co-authored the 2003 book Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment...
...reduced ridership can be attributed to people resorting to other modes of transportation or carpooling...
Mountain-biking injuries have plummeted since the mid-'90s. About 48,600 people sustained such injuries in 1995, reports the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. In 2001 the figure was 19,500, a 60% drop. In the meantime, ridership has risen 26%, according to the National Sporting Goods Association...