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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The new toll is expected to climb over time and will increase to $12 by 2028, and then $15 by 2031 — all aimed at funding upgrades and improvements to the city’s mass transit system. —

Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025 The new tolls are expected to help generate $15 billion to pay for essential repairs and upgrades to the city’s mass transit system and to improve public transportation in the New York suburbs. —

Tracey Tully, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025 Governor Polis is right to want denser housing with more efficient mass transit. —

The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 New Jersey filed a lawsuit last year that is widely considered among the most formidable threats to congestion pricing, which aims to fund improvements in New York City’s mass transit system by charging motorists a toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. —

Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mass transit