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Examples of rapid transit in a Sentence
We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
Recent Examples on the Web
Joined by Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, Harris delivered brief remarks from what will be a new Madison Metro Transit facility, where electric buses will be charged and serviced as part of a new bus rapid transit system.
—Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
The 24-mile Blue Line would provide rapid transit along Washington Street between Cumberland and the Airport, using I-70 west of Holt Road.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Montgomery County bus commuters would get 28 miles of new, faster lines under a $580 million expansion of the county’s bus rapid transit (BRT) system proposed Tuesday by County Executive Marc Elrich (D).
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
Plans to construct a dedicated bus rapid transit line connecting Indianapolis's downtown and airport with Cumberland to the east received a major boost on Monday, as the Federal Transit Administration recommended $141.9 million in funding for the project.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
The redesign will make Silver Spring safer by installing impediments along the surface of the road, adding segregated bike and pedestrian areas and creating a bus rapid transit lane, Kennedy said.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
Along Fifth and Sixth streets downtown, the Riverview bus could use the dedicated lanes of the future Gold Line bus rapid transit corridor, which will soon connect St. Paul to Woodbury.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2024
The Coney Island Complex, completed in 1929, is the largest rapid transit yard in North America.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
But bus rapid transit mimics the features of light rail.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 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 4 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
rapid transit
noun
: fast public passenger transportation (as by subway) in cities
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