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

Soldiers rehearsed fending off enemy troops on the mass transit system, expressways and city suburbs.

From BBC

For most Californians, there is no viable mass transit available.

From Los Angeles Times

Regarded as the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system, Leeds has tried and failed over decades to devise and implement an efficient way to keep its residents mobile.

From BBC

Plans for trams and underground trains in Bristol - one of the largest cities in Europe not to have a mass transit system - fell apart last year amid political bickering.

From BBC

Downing Street also said local leaders would be handed more than £1bn to boost transport, to help speed up schemes such as West Yorkshire's mass transit system.

From BBC