mass transit

noun

chiefly US

: the transportation of large numbers of people by means of buses, subway trains, etc., especially within urban areas

also : the system, vehicles, or facilities engaged in such transportation

I rode mass transit—first the bus, then Metro—for nearly two decades. —

Fred Barnes

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For instance, the state currently picks up the entire tab for both Baltimore’s mass transit network and Maryland’s share of the metro system in and around Washington, D.C. —

Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024 The Transportation Department oversees the nation’s complex transportation system, including pipelines, railroads, cars, trucks, the airlines and mass transit systems as well as federal funding for highways. —

Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024 Nonetheless, this form factor actually makes a huge amount of sense as do buses and mass transit in general. —

Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 That tax could have contributed approximately $13 billion to mass transit infrastructure improvements. —

Paul Bader, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mass transit