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mass transit

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noun

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


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But the pandemic hit mass transit hard, particularly in California, and the recovery has been slow as a number of people continue to work from home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

New York has generated money for mass transit with congestion pricing.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2025

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 • Mar. 28, 2025

Of the actual transit to high mass, transit very visible in the Great Gallery or OEil-de-Boeuf, why should a human being now say anything?

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas

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