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  park-and-ride

  noun

  a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
• park and ride
  park and ride

  noun

park-and-ride

American  

[pahrk-uhn-rahyd] / ˈpɑrk ənˈraɪd /

noun

1. a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.

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adjective

1. of or relating to such a system.

   park-and-ride lots.

park and ride British  

noun

1. 1. a transportation scheme in which travellers park their vehicles some distance away from a city centre, tourist attraction, etc and complete the journey by public transport

   2. ( as modifier )

      a park-and-ride bus

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Etymology

Origin of park-and-ride

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

At last year's Solheim Cup, the park-and-ride system was botched, leaving empty seats in first tee grandstands for the start of the most important event in women's golf.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

The proposed site, between two railway lines off Bourne Valley Road, was previously used as a park-and-ride for employees of LV.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

After her district’s boundaries were redrawn in 2021, Raman focused on encampments that had spilled onto residential streets near a Studio City park-and-ride lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Police began following Roychowdhury and in March pulled his DNA from a half-eaten burrito he threw away at a park-and-ride lot.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Kasten said the team has no plans to implement a park-and-ride program at this time, citing two challenges in particular.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023