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  • adjective Within an urban area.

Etymologies

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intra- + urban

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Examples

  • I am always disgusted by the number of people using their car for intraurban movements, while we have a very reasonable public transport system.

    The Energy Post Academic 2008

  • And there are many I associate with who express the same desire but to poo-poo those of us who make use of our cars for intraurban transportation simply because we don't have the choice is also something that needs to be looked at more carefully and with less judgementalism behind it.

    The Energy Post Academic 2008

  • These include improvements that result in significant and sustained enhancement in the attractiveness of public transport, land-use planning to reduce the need for intraurban trips, and implementation of policy tools such as time-of-day, congestion, and central-zone pricing.

    Chapter 8 2000

  • These include investigations regarding race/ethnic differences in cancer incidence and survival, homicide, and childhood diseases, as well as studies examining intraurban variation in mortality.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

  • There’s some literature that indicates air transport is medically necessary for rural service to level 1 trauma centers; but that ground transportation is faster for intraurban transport.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Drum Roll: The Problem With Health Care Is… 2009

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