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Examples of rapid transit in a Sentence
We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
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Dickerson Pike: Dickerson Pike is due for bus rapid transit, which will mean faster rides to and from downtown.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
The proposal angered Tucson Mayor Romero, who told Winfield bus rapid transit is a priority for Tucsonans.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
Part of the reasoning for that was because the impending construction of a bus rapid transit line along the street.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
The county recently paused an extension to the bus rapid transit in order to reroute $15 million in federal funding for the agency's operational costs.
—Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“Rapid transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapid%20transit. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
rapid transit
noun
: fast public passenger transportation (as by subway) in cities
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