commuter traffic
Morning highway crawl
Commuter traffic is the flow of vehicles carrying people between home and work, concentrated during morning and evening rush hours.
The term emphasizes volume and predictability: The accident happened during heavy commuter traffic.
It contrasts with commercial traffic (trucks) or recreational travel (weekends, holidays).
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- overpassBridge spanning a road
highway · carpool lane · carpool · carbon emissions · bottleneck · bus · transit-oriented development · stop-and-go · noise pollution · train station · subway · parking lot · tram · sustainable transport · scooter · tailgates · train · honking
- city lifecity, urban life, downtown, metropolis, city life
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- trafficcongestion, gridlock, bumper to bumper, bumper-to-bumper, stop and go
- traffic termsrush hour, congestion, peak hours, gridlock, bottleneck
- traffic typesrush hour
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains