How to Use rapid transit in a Sentence

rapid transit

noun
  • We'll use rapid transit to get from the airport to the hotel.
  • For many years, these were the only stops on the short rapid transit line.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh has opened the country’s first rapid transit stations.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2023
  • However, many young people want to take rapid transit to commute to and from work.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2018
  • In the years ahead, two new bus rapid transit lines will roll along both Rice and Jackson streets.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
  • In practice, bus rapid transit has come to encompass a range of services.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • But as the agency rolled out its bus rapid transit lines, the calls for a rail system have disappeared.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • Those include a rail or bus rapid transit station, or a ferry terminal.
    — Julia Simon, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Bus rapid transit comes in different flavors, but at its core it’s designed to make buses run like trains.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Blue and Silver light rails may be shortened or changed to bus rapid transit to reduce costs.
    — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The county’s Flash service, a bus rapid transit line, will be excluded.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 1 July 2023
  • The city of Huntsville is focusing on bringing a bus rapid transit system to town in the near future.
    — al, 7 Sep. 2022
  • At other times of day, everyone would be able to use all three lanes, including bus rapid transit services.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • As in Option 2, planners would study up to three bus rapid transit locations.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This is one of the last blank-canvas properties along rapid transit in Greater Boston.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • East Bay’s new bus rapid transit line to bring a new Tempo to East Oakland.
    — Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The project team said their vision could be a temporary way to activate the tunnels as funds are raised and plans are made for rapid transit.
    — Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Part of the reasoning for that was because the impending construction of a bus rapid transit line along the street.
    — Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The bus rapid transit opened three years ago and links New Britain to much of central Connecticut.
    — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The Fairmont and northern line would be designed to have service and fares similar to rapid transit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Up the Ohio River, Cincinnati is debating whether to fund a new bus rapid transit line.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Gas stations are generally banned within 600 feet of a bus rapid transit stop.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The city evaluated five alternatives to expand light rail transit or bus rapid transit in the area.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Crews renovating the street to make room for a new bus rapid transit line have made progress, as the standing arches at some of the future bus stops proclaim.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Power told The Enquirer in 1964 the city would need some form of rapid transit.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The idea is what people need in daily life — schools, markets, restaurants, rapid transit, parks — should be within a 15-minute walk from home.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The ordinance already prohibits loitering at streetcar and bus rapid transit stops.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025

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