people mover

noun

: any of various rapid-transit systems (as of moving sidewalks or automated driverless cars) for shuttling people

Examples of people mover in a Sentence

The airport has a people mover to bring passengers to the far terminals.

Recent Examples on the Web

When plans for an LAX people mover were announced in 2018, Angelenos released a collective sigh of relief. — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Dulles International Airport people movers, tariffs and brain health, in readers' eyes. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2026

The massive delays with the LAX people mover system has sparked frustration and outrage, including exposés in the right-wing press. — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for people mover

• improver
• maneuver
• remover
• louver