Meanings
nounmass transit (countable and uncountable, plural mass transits)
plural mass transits
- countableuncountableA large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles.
The announcement was made in Leeds - the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system. It's also a city which has been doggedly pressing (to little avail) for an integrated transport system for two decades.
2024 December 11, Richard Wilcock, “Strategy offers a chance to reset local transport planning”, in RAIL, number 1024, page 10
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 大眾運輸 /大众运输, 公共運輸 /公共运输
- 大眾運輸 /大众运输 (dàzhòng yùnshū)transportation system
- 公共運輸 /公共运输 (gōnggòng yùnshū)transportation system
Czech hromadná doprava
- hromadná dopravatransportation system
Estonian ühistransport
- ühistransporttransportation system
Finnish joukkoliikenne
- joukkoliikennetransportation system
German öffentlicher Verkehr
- öffentlicher Verkehrtransportation system
Greek μέσα μαζικής μεταφοράς, ΜΜΜ
- μέσα μαζικής μεταφοράς (mésa mazikís metaforás)transportation system
- ΜΜΜ (MMM)transportation system
Hungarian tömegközlekedés
- tömegközlekedéstransportation system
Irish olliompar
- olliompartransportation system
Polish komunikacja zbiorowa
- komunikacja zbiorowatransportation system
Spanish transporte colectivo, transporte masivo
- transporte colectivotransportation system
- transporte masivotransportation system
Swedish kollektivtrafik
- kollektivtrafiktransportation system
Vietnamese giao thông công cộng
- giao thông công cộngtransportation system
Cite this entry
APA
mass transit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20transit
MLA
“mass transit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20transit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mass transit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20transit.
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