How to Use intercity in a Sentence

intercity

adjective
  • There are also intercity trains and regional trains, which cost less but take longer than high-speed trains.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
  • First, the intercity bus market is booming.
    — Lena Guerrero Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • That’s a useful, if not world-changing product, and would give a lot of time back to commuters and intercity voyagers.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The collapse took with it both lanes of the highway, the alternative road and intercity railway line.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The new rule applies to airports and planes, ships, intercity buses, trains and public transportation.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2021
  • Crowds gathered at car rental agencies, while others tried to leave on intercity buses, which were the only form of public transport still running.
    — Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Travelers will have to wear masks in airports and in certain types of public transportation such as many trains, ships, intercity buses and airplanes.
    — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Competition also came from airlines and intercity bus lines that could easily carry parcel post on their routes.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Outside its brick walls, a steady churn of intercity buses ferried workers to distant opportunities and back again.
    — Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2022
  • TheBus system and intercity bus services, as well as the future Purple Line light rail.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The company will continue to look for a new location for the intercity bus service, Summers said.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Authorities are also vowing to more strictly enforce the obligation to wear masks on trains and intercity buses.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • In the meantime, demand for intercity passenger service in Virginia continues to set records.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Other forms of ground transportation are preparing for a spike in demand as well, including Amtrak and intercity bus services.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The new terminal would serve intercity buses that currently make curbside pickups outside the terminal.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Fast chargers in places where people stop for 20-50 minutes on intercity travel — restaurants, some shopping and tourist attractions.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Quinn also questioned whether the city should take responsibility for owning and operating an intercity bus station.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • And over the years, Musk has set his sights on the transformation of both intra- and intercity transportation infrastructure, to little apparent success thus far.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 12 June 2020
  • And what will happen to the approximately 60 million people who still rely on intercity buses as their dominant mode of transportation?
    — Justin Klawans, theweek, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The drama tells the real-life story of a group of intercity Miami kids, mostly Black and Latino, who make it all the way to a national chess tournament and win.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Around the same time, the government also deregulated the trucking industry, intercity buses, and the railroad industry.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The design is different than that from other eVTOL makers, focusing on longer-range, intercity flights rather than urban air-taxi hops.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This compatibility will help accelerate the rollout of urban-to-intercity aerial routes.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Pizzas can be summoned to almost anywhere on the planet -- including an intercity train -- within 30 minutes provided there's a phone connection and worthwhile tip.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Separately within the infrastructure law, money was set aside to explore intercity rail service corridors with distances of less than 750 miles.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Those intercity railway services, Beijing-Kowloon and Shanghai-Kowloon, launched in 1997.
    — Maggie Wong, CNN, 16 June 2024
  • That will include intercity long distance buses, like those operated by MegaBus, as well as regional bus services like the Hampton Jitney.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Biden also directed his efforts toward emphasizing the importance of mask-wearing and required masks to be worn in airports and certain types of public transportation such as ships, intercity buses, airplanes, and trains.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Trains and intercity buses are also available for travelers seeking transportation from Garmsich or from Innsbruck to Neuschwanstein Castle.
    — Melanie Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
  • That month, according to the minister of economy, the war contributed to a 9% increase in fuel prices, 24% in domestic air fares and 22% in intercity transportation fares.
    — Anabella González, CNN Money, 2 May 2026

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