How to Use rapid transit in a Sentence

rapid transit

noun
Definition of rapid transitnext
  • We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
  • The Red Line, the first part of the new bus rapid transit system, has been in use for more than a year and a half.
    — Ethan May, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2021
  • That kind of rapid transit is possible even though the LC 500 is a bit on the portly side.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Power told The Enquirer in 1964 the city would need some form of rapid transit.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But bus rapid transit mimics the features of light rail.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Hotels, restaurants, bars and rapid transit felt the pinch.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • East Bay’s new bus rapid transit line to bring a new Tempo to East Oakland.
    — Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The bus rapid transit opened three years ago and links New Britain to much of central Connecticut.
    — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Operating since 1935, the Moscow Metro is the sixth busiest rapid transit system in the world, and the fifth in terms of track length.
    — Mikhael Agafonov, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The new mayor saw the rapid transit loop as a holdover from the boss era, which ultimately led to the subway's demise.
    — The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh has opened the country’s first rapid transit stations.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The city's first bus rapid transit line, the Red Line is set to be connected to a new Purple Line in coming years.
    — Ethan May, Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2020
  • But as the agency rolled out its bus rapid transit lines, the calls for a rail system have disappeared.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • The city of Huntsville is focusing on bringing a bus rapid transit system to town in the near future.
    — al, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Among other things, that means less money to widen the Richmond Highway (Route 1) and add a bus rapid transit line there.
    — Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Testing out rapid transit in preparation for the 2028 Olympic Games.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The extra tax will go to Cincinnati Metro to support new bus routes, longer and more frequent service, bus-rapid transit and the like.
    — Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This is one of the last blank-canvas properties along rapid transit in Greater Boston.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Up the Ohio River, Cincinnati is debating whether to fund a new bus rapid transit line.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2020
  • This is what rapid transit should be: a 20-minute ride during the morning rush, six miles and eight stops from Alewife to downtown Boston.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • An east-west rapid transit route is a priority for VIA as soon as the agency has the funding, Arndt said.
    — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In practice, bus rapid transit has come to encompass a range of services.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • Is skeptical of the bus rapid transit line on Geary Boulevard and says the city should look at building a new subway line instead.
    — Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 25 May 2018
  • The county’s Flash service, a bus rapid transit line, will be excluded.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 1 July 2023
  • For the plan to work, IndyGo needs to do two key things: resolve its bus driver shortage, and build all three bus rapid transit routes.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The Fairmont and northern line would be designed to have service and fares similar to rapid transit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • New York City opened its first rapid transit line with a subway station in Manhattan the year Randon was born.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The bill aims to limit IndyGo's ability to build bus rapid transit lines, such as the Purple Line that would run along 38th.
    — Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Will bus rapid transit replace light rail in east Mecklenburg?
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2024
  • One alternative Driggs said is on the table: funding for bus rapid transit in the corridor that would lose out on the Silver Line.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2024

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