How to Use public transit in a Sentence
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Who knew that the pains of public transit could get even worse?
—Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
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Many of the crimes took place in schools — about a tenth of the total — or on public transit.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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So do some of the customers, many of whom walk to the food pantry or arrive on public transit.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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The balance should be 80% roads and 20% on public transit.
—George Davis, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2022
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It must be viewed and treated as part of public transit – full stop.
—Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
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Some tips: Park at a trolley stop and take public transit.
—Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
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Here’s what that could mean for public transit in 2022 and beyond.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2021
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This, plus lack of public transit, means rental cars are the easiest way to get around.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2021
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The toll is meant to reduce gridlock in the busiest part of the city, plus raise money to improve public transit.
—Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
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Per the Guinness World Records’ rules, the team had to either walk or take public transit to get to each restaurant.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
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Now that kids are back in school, many are returning to public transit to get there.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
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The plan is to use public transit, as well as some 3000 buses corralled from all over the country.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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On the front lines of the nation’s public transit challenges are workers.
—New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
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Not to mention the solar panels on the parking garage and free public transit to games.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
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That’s more than 3 hours a day waiting for and sitting stuck on public transit.
—Ben Kallos, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
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About 19% of riders go on to use Metrolink, a train or other form of public transit, surveys show.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
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What if your child is commuting across a city by public transit on their own?
—Maren Thomas Bannon, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Masks will also be required for public transit from planes and buses to ships and taxis.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
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The changes have led to some confusion among riders of public transit.
—Skylar Woodhouse, Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2022
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In 2018, the New York Times reported on how the Koch brothers were using the prospect of driverless cars as part of their war against public transit.
—Paris Marx, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
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Another is investing more in public transit to cut down on the number of cars on the road.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2022
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Cars are bad, biking is good, walking is better, public transit is better still, and the best of all is to stay home.
—Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Forbes, 25 July 2022
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Its plan, for example, calls for half of all commuters to walk, bike or take public transit by 2035.
—Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
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Santee said there are 22 potential ways for fans to get to it thanks to the many freeway loop exits and public transit.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
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But the idea of living, working, and playing close to public transit loses its appeal if the trains don’t run on time.
—Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
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Drive-up and walk-ups are welcome and the test site is accessible by public transit.
—al, 30 June 2022
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Our city’s public transit is far from perfect and transforms what would be a 20-minute drive into a two-hour train/bus/bike trip.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 23 June 2022
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Boston and Denver also have had short test runs of free public transit in 2022.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2022
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More than a dozen public transit around the country participate.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
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The toll is designed to ease gridlock within the most congested district in the United States and encourage public transit use.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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