public transportation

NOUN

public transit service

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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Without that lifeline, public transportation has been curtailed, farmers struggle to get produce to market and residents endure hourslong blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

For the final match in the world’s largest sporting event, figuring out how to get over 80,000 people in seats has highlighted huge gaps in the public transportation infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

“I’m immensely proud of the hard work to reinvent the public transportation of Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Also, their home communities may lack public transportation that can be necessary once older adults stop driving.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

There was no public transportation into or out of the colony.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee