rapid transit
noun
a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system.
Compare
mass transit.
Origin of rapid transit
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
OTHER WORDS FROM rapid transit
rap·id-tran·sit, adjectiveWords nearby rapid transit
Example sentences from the Web for rapid transit
I've heard you decry these snapshot, rapid-transit, tunnel divorces many a time.
The Climbers |Clyde FitchIn this way London has solved its rapid-transit problem, though it could be done only at enormous cost.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive |Joel CookMen are the real, rapid-transit champion gossips and talkers of the world.
Discourses of Keidansky |Bernard G. Richards"Rapid-transit" facilities for passing through divorce courts should be cut off, and divorce "agencies" should be suppressed.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll