"paratransit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-paratransit1.ogg [Midland-American-English] (note: us), en-us-paratransit2.ogg [Midland-American-English] (note: us) Forms: paratransits [plural]
Etymology: From para- (“beside”) + transit, perhaps influenced by paraplegia. US from 1972. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|transit|gloss1=beside}} para- (“beside”) + transit, {{m|en|paraplegia}} paraplegia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paratransit (countable and uncountable, plural paratransits)
  1. An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Disability, Transport Translations (auxiliary transit service for the disabled): invataksi (Finnish), паратранзит (paratranzit) [masculine] (Russian), paratránsito [masculine] (Spanish), paratransporte [masculine] (Spanish), färdtjänst [common-gender] (Swedish)

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