rapid transit

noun

: fast passenger transportation (as by subway) in urban areas

Examples of rapid transit in a Sentence

We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
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Matthews’ August resolution called for either a bigger sales tax increase — 1.4 cents — to help pay for the full Silver Line as light rail or for all rail projects to be converted to bus rapid transit. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025 What's next: Construction work is under way on the A-Line, MARTA's first bus rapid transit route, and the agency's bus network redesign will increase access to 245% more people, Greenwood said. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025 Matthews was the only Mecklenburg community to vote against the draft legislation crafted by local leaders last year over concerns the Silver Line light rail would become a bus rapid transit line. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025 Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock. Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rapid transit

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rapid transit was in 1873

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“Rapid transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapid%20transit. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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rapid transit

noun
: fast public passenger transportation (as by subway) in cities

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