jitney

Wave, a public jitney, runs routes all over the island and is free through the end of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

He had just come from helping at his church’s soup kitchen and now was at Tops, volunteering in the community jitney service that shuttles people without a ride to and from the store.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2022

What’s remarkable is that only Smith in the role of Doub, Anthony Chisholm as the old alcoholic jitney driver Fielding and Harvy Blanks as the colorful neighborhood numbers taker are reprising their Broadway performances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2019

The jitney came and she didn’t have long to wait; the hotel was a new one, surprisingly close by.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2018

The jitney, which is what rich people call the shuttle, goes up at seven, and I can drop the pieces off then.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Because cabdrivers refused to go there, residents relied for decades on private jitneys to get around — cars that followed set routes through the community.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

I couldn’t agree more with Brian Broome’s Nov. 9 Tuesday Opinion column, “So long, jitneys — and farewell to our connective tissue.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2021

Those agents, who drive pickup trucks, are different than the parking enforcement agents that ticket vehicles for meter violations and other offenses, who drive small vehicles sometimes called jitneys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2018

Simultaneously serving as their kids’ drill masters, coaches, instructors, one-on-one opponents, hype men, financiers, advisers, protectors, bouncers, dietitians, jitneys, critics, vision boards, sponsors, and parents.

From Slate ● May 5, 2017

I left word what station they was to get off at, and 'phoned for a couple of jitneys to meet 'em.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster