public transportation

NOUN

public transit service

Synonyms

WEAK

LRT busline light rail mass transit metro rail rapid transit railway rapid transit subway urban transportation service

Example Sentences

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That suggests people were turning to public transportation, rather than paying up for fuel themselves.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Without that lifeline, public transportation has been curtailed, farmers struggle to get produce to market and residents endure hourslong blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

For the final match in the world’s largest sporting event, figuring out how to get over 80,000 people in seats has highlighted huge gaps in the public transportation infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

“I’m immensely proud of the hard work to reinvent the public transportation of Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

At the Pittsburgh airport he discovered that Danville was 240 miles northeast, and not accessible by any public transportation other than a Greyhound bus.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison