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rapid transit

noun

a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system.

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

In Georgia, MARTA (the Metropolitan Atlantic Rapid Transit Authority) built a huge solar canopy at its bus depot in Decatur.

Consider the October 2013 strike by unionized Bay Area Rapid Transit employees in California.

This platform used to be part of the Interborough Rapid Transit, or IRT.

So many of the conductors were Irish immigrants that the IRT was colloquially called the “Irish Rapid Transit.”

The news of Sarah's rapid transit had hardly cost Nannie the lifting of an eyebrow.

There is chance for work in this direction, for in spite of rapid transit some must live in the center of things.

New York City does not seem to have fully outgrown this slow street travel, but elsewhere more rapid transit is the rule.

Tunnels connect the different railway lines, in order to assist the rapid transit of through trains.

This applies also to the more rapid transit provided by balloons, automobiles, bicycles, etc.

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