passenger miles
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpassengerandmile
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passenger
noun[C]
uk/ˈpæs.ən.dʒər/us/ˈpæs.ən.dʒɚ/
a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it, or working ...
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mile
noun
uk/maɪl/us/maɪl/
a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ...
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(Definition ofpassengerandmilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some of these comparisons are for passenger miles flown and others of air movements.
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The railway companies estimate the present volume of passenger traffic on the main line railways measured in passenger miles, as being about 70 percent.
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In the seven years ending 1952, 180,000 million passenger miles were run.
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The decline in passenger miles has been from 1,025 million miles to 825 million miles.
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Under road passenger transport we read about passenger miles, vehicle miles, staff employed and the number of traffic vehicles.
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If six people are in a car instead of two, in terms of passenger miles one will, again, use less fuel.
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How many thousand million passenger miles are travelled each year in this country?
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Would such a requirement lead to substantial increases in fares and a converse reduction in passenger miles?
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In this period passenger miles have risen from 173,000 million to 268,500 million.
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The provisional estimate of total passenger miles on these flights is 140 million.
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The substantial increase in fares over the last year resulted in only a small falling off in passenger miles.
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Figures for bus passenger miles, given in the answer referred to, were on a financial year basis from 1984.
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