Rapid Transit

Definition: Rapid Transit

Rapid Transit

Noun

1. An urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains.

Specialty Definitions: Rapid Transit

Domain	Definitions
19th Century Satire	A municipal myth, circulated for the amusement of the long suffering--and slow moving--public. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Transportation	A high-speed, high-capacity public transport service that operates on exclusive rigths-of-way with limited stops. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Rapid Transit

Synonym: mass rapid transit (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Rapid Transit

English words defined with "rapid transit": mass rapid transit. (references)

Specialty definitions using "rapid transit": CHARON, control inspector, CONTROLLER REPAIRER-AND-TESTER ♦ Turkey. (references)

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Modern Usage: Rapid Transit

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Opening of the Rapid Transit Tunnel (1900)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rapid Transit

Domain	Title
Books	Field Trips on the Rapid Transit (reference) Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present) (reference) Overhead and Underground: A Guide to Chicago's Rapid Transit (reference) Public Rapid Transit in Taiwan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Rapid Transit (reference) (more book examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Rapid Transit

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The LTA also promotes ways to minimize the usage of private vehicles with an efficient public transport system that integrates the train services - Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT) with bus services. (references)
		For example, construction of major government projects such as the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT) in Taipei has boosted imports from the U.S. this trend will likely continue because the Taiwan authorities are currently planning more public works projects. (references)
		Given the optimistic projection for the growth of the construction industry and expansion plans by Singapore Changi Airport, the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit and the HDB, there is strong consensus that demand for elevators and escalators should grow proportionately. (references)
Economic History	Taiwan	A number of construction projects (including a north-south high-speed railway, a massive rapid transit system in Kaohsiung City, and another MRT system between Taipei and CKS Airport) have been consigned to private firms to execute on a build-operate-transfer basis. (references)
Travel	Taiwan	Taipei has five Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines, including the Tamshui, Nankang, Chungho, Mucha ad Hsintien, in operation with a combined track length of sixty-seven kilometers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Rapid Transit

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	Commerce, education, and rapid transit of thought and matter by telegraph and steam have changed all this.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We, therefore, want to explore a variety of paratransit modes, various types of buses, modern rapid transit, regional rail systems and light rail systems.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Rapid Transit

Expressions using "rapid transit": mass rapid transit ♦ rail rapid transit. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rapid Transit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bay area rapid transit	647
dallas area rapid transit	273
rapid transit	31
bus rapid transit	24
atlanta authority metropolitan rapid transit	16
authority rapid transit	14
chicago rapid transit	14
cleveland rapid transit	12
angeles los rapid transit	12
dallas rapid transit	12
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Modern Translations: Rapid Transit

Language		Translations for "rapid transit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bybaneeksprestrafik. (various references)

Dutch		stadssnelverkeer. (various references)

Finnish		metro (tube, tube railway). (various references)

French		service de métro express régional. (various references)

German		Stadtschnellverkehr. (various references)

Greek		ταχεία αστική συγκοινωνία. (various references)

Italian		trasporto metropolitano veloce. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		営団地下鉄 (Eidan subway, Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		えい� �"ちかてつ (Eidan subway, Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway). (various references)

Pig Latin		apidray ansittray.(various references)

Portuguese		serviço de comboios rápidos. (various references)

Russian		быстрая перемена. (various references)

Spanish		transporte público rápido. (various references)

Swedish		direkttrafik. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Rapid Transit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-i-n-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	-3 letters: antipasti, distraint, irritants.
	-4 letters: airstrip, apiarist, aspirant, distrain, distrait, intarsia, irritant, partisan, partitas, pintadas, radiants, rattraps, riparian, standpat, titanias.
	-5 letters: antiair, antiars, artisan, aspirin, attains, diapirs, diarist, dispart, distain, distant, nitrids, pandits, parians, partans, partita, pastina, patinas, pianist, pinatas, pintada, piranas, radians, radiant, rapinis, rattans, rattrap, ritards, sandpit, spartan, spirant, taipans, tantras, tarpans, tartans, tartars, titania, titians, transit, trapans, tripart, tsarina.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-i-n-p-r-r-s-t-t"
	+3 letters: postirradiation.
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