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paratransit

/ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænzɪt/

paratransit noun: an auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.

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Noun

paratransit (countable and uncountable, plural paratransits)

  1. (US) An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.
    • The disability community had hoped that the submission of ADA complementary paratransit plans to FTA would constitute an opportunity for real monitoring of local progress and that FTA would take action to ensure that transit agencies were in compliance with their plans.2000, Marco Bristo, Promises to Keep: A Decade of Federal Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, page 279
    • So about twice a week, he calls a day in advance to arrange a trip[…] through Access-a-Ride, the city’s door-to-door paratransit service for the elderly and the disabled.2009 January 18, Gregory Beyer, “For Disabled Riders, New Bumps in the Road”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    community transport

paratransit meaning in Tamil

paratransit in Tamil

வழித்தடம் கொண்டு இயங்காமல்

Synonyms of paratransit

  • community transport

Forms of paratransit

pluralparatransits

Origin of paratransit

From para- (“beside”) + transit, perhaps influenced by paraplegia. US from 1972.

Questions about paratransit

What does paratransit mean?
Paratransit means an auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.
What is paratransit in Tamil?
Paratransit in Tamil is வழித்தடம் கொண்டு இயங்காமல். See Paratransit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paratransit?
Paratransit is a noun.
How do you pronounce paratransit?
Paratransit is pronounced /ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænzɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of paratransit?
The plural of paratransit is paratransits.

Words near paratransit in the dictionary

  1. paratransgenetic
  2. paratransgenetics
  3. paratransgenic
  4. paratransgenically
  5. paratransgenics
  6. paratransit
  7. paratransits
  8. paratriathlete
  9. paratriathletes
  10. paratriathlon
  11. paratriathlons

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