mass transit

NOUN

public transportation

Synonyms

WEAK

LRT busline light rail metro rail rapid transit railway rapid transit subway urban transportation service

Example Sentences

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For many fans, if you want to take mass transit to the game, you have to get to the train station first.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Soldiers rehearsed fending off enemy troops on the mass transit system, expressways and city suburbs.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

For most Californians, there is no viable mass transit available.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

What there is not, so far, is a check to shore up Chicago’s mass transit before the death spiral begins.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2025

We began a significant urban mass transit program.

From State of the Union Address by Ford, Gerald R.