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Paratransit (APTA): Another name for "Demand Response."
 
Park and Ride Facility (FTA): A parking garage and/or pavement used for parking passengers' automobiles, either free or for a fee, while they use transit agency facilities. Park-and-ride facilities are generally established as collector sites for rail or bus service. Park-and-ride facilities may also serve as collector sites for vanpools and carpools, and as transit centers.
 
Peak Traveler: Transit rider who travels during morning or evening work or school commuting hours.
 
Public Transit (adapted from APTA definition for "Public Transportation" and FTA definition for "Mass Transportation"): Another name for "Public Transportation," "Mass Transit," or "Transit." Includes transportation by bus, or rail, or other conveyance, publicly owned, providing to the general public or special service (but not including school buses) on a regular and continuing basis.