transportation system
23
3.2
- noun
- /ˌtrænspɔrˈteɪʃən ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
sistema de transporte
- A reliable transportation system is essential for connecting remote areas to urban centers.
- public transportation system
- intelligent transportation system
- maritime transportation system
The first mechanized transportation system famously lost a race to a horse.
- The first mechanized transportation system famously lost a race to a horse.
- And with that growth comes some severe practical problems, one of which is our transportation system simply won't be able to deal with it.
- Under transportation system turns out to be very difficult to do.
- STS, which is NASA code for space transportation system, correct.
- And all which and all transportation systems, internal combustion engines, jet engines, rockets, surface roads.
- For public transportation systems in not affect cities, fewer commuters are leading to budget deficits and massive projected shortfalls.
Examples
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The public transport system would degenerate into chaos... as it was deregulated and privatised.
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Many cities are working to improve their public transportation systems to be more environmentally friendly.
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We got the best public transportation system in the world.
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The series of questions involved the participants' concerns about the existing public transportation system.
Academic text (1997) -
Students also learn time management and eventually use the transportation system independently.
Academic text (2013) -
So we built a new cheap public transportation system to unite the city
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Group members should have a backup plan for use if their regular transportation system fails.
Academic text (2001) -
The benefits of a well-run public transport system in India are enormous.
Academic text (1995) -
International regulators of transportation systems have long wrestled with the "how safe is safe" question.
Academic text (2005) -
The city is investing in a modern public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion.
Synonyms
557
1.6
Moving people or goods from one place to another
177
3.6
A system of buses and trains that carries people around a city
How Extensive
- Specialized
1
5.2
- Specialized
23
3.2
- US
2
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'system' (a set or collection of components) modified by 'transportation' (movement of people or goods) yields a facility or network for moving people/goods. This noun+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase transportation system comes from two simple ideas: transportation (moving people or things) and system (parts that work together). It paints the image of roads, trains, buses and stations joined to carry people or goods, so today it means a set of places and vehicles 'for the movement of passengers or goods'.