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public transport

noun

  1. a system of buses, trains, etc, running on fixed routes, on which the public may travel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the "real issue" was the minister's use of a government car and there would not have been a problem had he used public transport.

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Shops and the stock market opened late on Thursday to reduce traffic congestion, and authorities adjusted public transport operating hours and put more than a dozen spare trains on standby in case of breakdowns.

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Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said that 4,000 officers would be on patrol, 2,500 at the Stade de France in the northern Paris suburbs and the rest on public transport and inside the capital.

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Authorities have also urged residents to stay indoors as much as possible and to use public transport to cut vehicular emissions.

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The government hopes short fixes will provide reprieve, but says long term solutions - like improving public transport - will take time.

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