public transport

shared transportation service for use by the general public
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public transport

Summary

public transport is a field of study[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • public transport's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • public transport's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • public transport is a type of transport service[5].
  • public transport is used for climate change mitigation[6].
  • public transport's Commons category is recorded as Public transport[7].
  • public transport is the opposite of private transport[8].
  • public transport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Public transport[9].
  • public transport's Commons gallery is recorded as Public transport[10].
  • public transport's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Public transport[11].
  • public transport's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as type=public_transport[12].
  • public transport's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[13].
  • public transport's partially coincident with is recorded as collective transportation[14].
  • public transport's topic has template is recorded as Template:Public transport[15].
  • public transport's has characteristic is recorded as public[16].
  • public transport's different from is recorded as passenger transport[17].
  • public transport's different from is recorded as shared transport[18].
  • public transport's different from is recorded as collective transportation[19].
  • public transport's studied by is recorded as urban studies[20].
  • public transport's Merchant Category Code is recorded as 4111[21].
  • public transport's Merchant Category Code is recorded as 4112[22].
  • public transport's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • public transport's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[24].
  • public transport's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14186'}[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3]. public transport is a type of transport service[5]. It is the opposite of private transport[8].

Use and Application

public transport is used for climate change mitigation[6].

Why It Matters

public transport ranks in the top 8% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,687 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . drawdown.org. drawdown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). public transport. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-transport
MLA “public transport.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-transport.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_public-transport_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{public transport}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-transport}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use climate change mitigation
    Topic has template Template:Public transport
    Instance of field of study, field of study
    Image Bangkok skytrain asoke 1.JPG, Inside the metro.jpg, First Group services mosaic 2015.jpg
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9912, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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