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variants:
US public transit or British public transport
Definition of public transit
: mass transit … an annoying little secret of suburban life is that, even with traffic congestion, it's almost always faster to get somewhere in a car than by riding public transit.— Gregg Easterbrook
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The first known use of public transit was in 1847
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