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Public Transit Vocabulary - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 62 times
- The average score is 15 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | First Letter | Answer | % Correct |
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| A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. | B | Bus | 98%
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| The required payment for a ride on a public transportation vehicle. | F | Fare | 95%
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| A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule. | F | Ferry | 93%
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| An underground rapid rail transit system. | S | Subway | 85%
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| A mechanical vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and/or freight along a purpose-built track or path. | T | Train | 82%
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| The extent to which facilities are free of barriers and usable by mobile handicapped people. | A | Accessibility | 80%
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| An off-street facility where passengers wait for, board, alight from or transfer between transit units. May have a waiting room and separate boarding and alighting platforms, and may offer ticket sales, information, fare collection or other services. | S | Station | 78%
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| A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, generally driven by someone who leases the vehicle from the company that owns it. | T | Taxi | 75%
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| An individually controlled rail passenger vehicle operating in mixed street traffic and propelled by gripping a continuously moving cable located in an underground slot between the rails. | C | Cable car | 73%
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| An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain. | G | Gondola | 73%
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| A transit system consisting of vehicles supported and guided by a single guideway (rail or beam), usually elevated. | M | Monorail | 71%
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| A designated, specified path to which a transit unit is assigned. Frequently identified by an alphanumeric designation. | R | Route | 71%
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| A place where passengers wait for, board or alight from, or transfer between transit units, usually identified by a sign and distinctive curb or pavement markings. May provide shelter, seating, service information or a combination of these. | S | Stop | 71%
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| A long-distance or privately hired bus. | C | Coach | 65%
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| A passenger railroad service that operates within metropolitan areas on trackage that usually is part of the general railroad system. | C | {Commuter} rail | 62%
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| An instrument issued to passengers conferring the right (for free or for a fee) to change from one transit unit or mode to another. | T | Transfer | 60%
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| A method of transit pricing based on the geographical partitioning of the service area, with fares being determined by the distance travelled and the number of partitions traversed. | Z | {Zoned} fare | 58%
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| A light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. | S | Streetcar | 56%
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| A theoretical concept for an automated guideway transit system that would operate small units (2 to 6 passengers) under computer control over an elaborate system of guideways. | P | {Personal} rapid transit | 45%
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| A road or section of road dedicated to public buses. May contain tracks or grooves to restrict other traffic. | B | Busway | 38%
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| A transit system that generally serves one urban area, using high speed, electrically powered passenger rail cars operating in trains on exclusive rights of way, without grade crossings and with high platforms. | H | {Heavy} rail transit | 31%
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| A bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities. | K | {Kneeling} bus | 31%
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| A privately owned vehicle (typically rather small) operated on a fixed route, but not usually on a fixed schedule, and for a low fare. | J | Jitney | 25%
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| Forms of transit services that are more flexible and personalized than conventional fixed-route, fixed-schedule service, and which may only be available to a specific group, e.g., the elderly, employees of a company, or residents of a neighborhood. | P | {Para}transit | 25%
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