mass transit

noun

1. a system of large-scale public transportation in a given metropolitan area, typically comprising buses, subways, and elevated trains.

Example Sentences

A smaller initiative is on the ballot in Nashville, where advocates will try to improve on an effort to raise money at the ballot box for mass transit in 2018, which failed by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.

From Slate

In spite of those setbacks, voters in other car-centric cities, like Austin and Los Angeles, have used plebiscites to back mass transit in the past.

From Slate

The question is: Do voters in these sprawling cities still think mass transit is worth funding in a postpandemic landscape of remote work and lower ridership?

From Slate

They also include greener transportation efforts aimed at, among other things, electrifying buses, enhancing passenger rail, and expanding mass transit.

From Salon

Levine-Grater commutes on the Metro A Line, one of a handful of projects that add up to $120 billion in mass transit construction.

From Slate