transit
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A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Larger than 22,000 football fields, it handles transit each year of around 267 million tonnes of goods and is used by around 20,000 seagoing vessels and 50,000 inland vessels, according to its website.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
On Thursday, it announced the creation of new transit routes, north of the two existing traffic separation channels.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The country has moved to charge tolls for passage and said that all vessels attempting to transit the strait must communicate with its military, a stipulation the U.S. has decried.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“I might take public transit even if I wasn’t in love with it,” Sasha explained.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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