public transport

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public transport (countable and uncountable, plural public transports)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
   • 2012, Tom Miller, China's Urban Billion: The story behind the biggest migration in human history‎, Zed Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137:

     Nevertheless, China’s investment in subway systems is overwhelmingly positive. And there are also encouraging signs, too, that Chinese cities are beginning to shape urban development around public transport hubs. For example, Tiantongyuan, a high-density community of giant housing blocks in the suburbs of northern Beijing, has three subway stations.

   • 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 71:

     The Airports National Policy Statement objectives require the proportion of journeys made to the airport by passengers to be at least 50% by public transport by 2030 and 55% by 2040.

• (US) public transit
• (US) public transportation

• mass transit

• “public transport”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.