public transit

noun

variants US public transit or British public transport

: mass transit

… public transit remains the smartest way to navigate hectic downtowns.

—John Rosenthal

… jobs restoring our water sewage systems, our highways and bridges, our public transit system and our crumbling schools, ports and public buildings.

—Ralph Nader

Examples of public transit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Chicago Department of Transportation confirmed O'Neil was an employee who worked for the city's Complete Streets team – which aims to make streets safer for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit – and previously led CDOT's bike parking program for several years. —Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 7 June 2026

Atlanta’s first autonomous public transit shuttle service officially launched Friday, connecting the West End MARTA Station with the Beltline’s Southwest Trail and destinations in the Lee + White district, becoming the first Beltline transit project currently in operation. —Elijah Megginson, AJC.com, 6 June 2026

The Fay’s parking problems provide an early test of a 2022 statewide law that erased parking requirements on housing developments within a half mile of a major public transit stop. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

After eighteen months of crisis that saw historic urban fires, harassment by federal immigration authorities, and the generalized anxiety that attends a place where rents are high and services low, public transit inadequate and gas prices insane, the city’s vitality is flagging. —Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for public transit

• paratransit