Word of the Day:
paratransit
What It Means
An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.
Paratransit in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From para- (“beside”) + transit, perhaps influenced by paraplegia. US from 1972.
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