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 all-electric vehicle service will allow riders to move anywhere within the city and help address cracks in the current public transit system that left students and others ‘stranded,’ according to the Sunnyvale City Council, which unanimously approved the service this week. —Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026

Kids Commute Independently Again, the American attitude that kids need to be monitored at all times would balk at this cultural norm, but in Japan, kids get themselves to and from school—either by walking or by public transit—as young as the age of 5. —Katrina Donham, Parents, 25 Feb. 2026

New efforts are underway to encourage more people to use public transit in Sacramento. —James Taylor, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026

Ávila said that public transit is operating regularly and there have been no reports of roadblocks. —Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for public transit

• paratransit