They've lost riders because they have operated a system without responding to needs for more reliable service.

The group quickly started losing riders, again including Voeckler.

Horses lost riders and continued the charge merely because the horses to their right and left still charged.

"The more you cut service, the more you lose riders," she said.

The railroad's management said last week that it chose to defer fare increases rather than risk losing riders.

Elephants that lost riders lost interest in the fray.

But he was not going to lose riders from foolish and vainglorious actions.

For years it was blocked by both the privately run railroads and the bus companies that would have lost riders.

Almost the entire Queens Boulevard line lost riders last year; at least one expert saw a correlation with fewer jobs in the construction business.

"We know that whenever there is a fare increase, we lose riders," he said.