mass transit
noun
chiefly US
: the transportation of large numbers of people by means of buses, subway trains, etc., especially within urban areas
also : the system, vehicles, or facilities engaged in such transportation
I rode mass transit—first the bus, then Metro—for nearly two decades. 
Fred Barnes
Fred Barnes 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But some state officials have requested the state look into how driving behaviors might change if the state invests more in mass transit. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 The American School Bus Council estimates that over 25 million schoolchildren ride more than 480,000 school buses each day, making school buses the largest mass transit system in America. Lyz Lenz, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2022 The microbus, a sort of mass transit minivan, was transporting people from Sohag province to Cairo, the statement said. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 Dech is vice president of rail operations at Capital Metro, the mass transit agency for Austin, Texas. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2022 Detractors blasted the proposal for investing in mass transit at a time when bus and trolley ridership has plummeted due to the pandemic. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021 His only involvement in mass transit was serving as treasurer of the PAC that funded the campaign to win voter approval for a ballot proposition to give VIA extra sales tax funding — nearly $40 million per year beginning in 2026. Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 27 Nov. 2020 Transportation funding remains an issue: A group of state lawmakers who blocked tolls later asked the state for investment in mass transit. courant.com, 26 Oct. 2020 Finally, remember the workers who make mass transit possible. Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 See More
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 The American School Bus Council estimates that over 25 million schoolchildren ride more than 480,000 school buses each day, making school buses the largest mass transit system in America. Lyz Lenz, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2022 The microbus, a sort of mass transit minivan, was transporting people from Sohag province to Cairo, the statement said. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 Dech is vice president of rail operations at Capital Metro, the mass transit agency for Austin, Texas. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2022 Detractors blasted the proposal for investing in mass transit at a time when bus and trolley ridership has plummeted due to the pandemic. Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021 His only involvement in mass transit was serving as treasurer of the PAC that funded the campaign to win voter approval for a ballot proposition to give VIA extra sales tax funding — nearly $40 million per year beginning in 2026. Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 27 Nov. 2020 Transportation funding remains an issue: A group of state lawmakers who blocked tolls later asked the state for investment in mass transit. courant.com, 26 Oct. 2020 Finally, remember the workers who make mass transit possible. Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined above