commuters
Rush hour regulars
Commuters are people who travel regularly between home and work, typically covering a significant distance.
The word usually implies daily travel by car, train, or bus: The train was packed with morning commuters.
Commuter as an adjective describes things designed for or used by such travelers: commuter rail, commuter traffic.
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- busLarge passenger vehicle
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- tramUrban rail vehicle
streetcar · ferry · station · platform · ticket · fare · turnstile · conductor
People doing jobs
- employeesPaid staff members
- professionalsSkilled, paid practitioners
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- dailyPer diem, repeated
regulars · passengers · straphangers · carpoolers · cyclists · drivers · riders · workforce
Urgent warning signal
- schedulePlan of timed events
- timetableArranged list of events
- punctualityBeing on time
- departureAct of going away
coffee · shower · breakfast · keys · backpack · briefcase · lunchbox · headphones
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- downtownCentral business district
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
crosswalk · pedestrian · boulevard · intersection · bottleneck · honking · exhaust · density
subway
Underground transit passage
tram · streetcar · ferry · station · platform · ticket · fare · turnstile · conductor · passenger
workers
People doing jobs
- employeesPaid staff members
- professionalsSkilled, paid practitioners
- studentsThose receiving instruction
daily · regulars · passengers · straphangers · carpoolers · cyclists · drivers · riders · workforce
alarm
Urgent warning signal
- schedulePlan of timed events
- timetableArranged list of events
- punctualityBeing on time
departure · coffee · shower · breakfast · keys · backpack · briefcase · lunchbox · headphones · podcast
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- downtownCentral business district
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
sidewalk · crosswalk · pedestrian · boulevard · intersection · bottleneck · honking · exhaust · density · sprawl
automobile
Self-propelled passenger conveyance
- bicyclePedal-powered two-wheeler
- e-bikeBattery-powered pedal vehicle
- scooterTwo-wheeled standing vehicle
e-scooter · motorcycle · moped · carpool · vanpool · rideshare · walking · skateboard · unicycle · rickshaw
- urban lifesidewalks, neighborhood, apartments, skyline, buses
- bus passengerspassengers, riders, tourists, travelers, students
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
commutersvacationers
People taking leisure trips
tourists · holidaymakers · sightseers · pleasure seekers · day-trippers
commutersremote workers
Employees based elsewhere
residents · homebodies · telecommuters · shut-ins · locals
- morning commuteRegular trip to work
- commuter linesTransit serving suburb-to-city travelers
- commuter trainMass transit for workers
- commuter schedulesListed departure and arrival times
- long commuteLengthy daily work travel
- evening commuteAfter-work journey home
commute, commuter, commutes, commuted, commuter rail, commuter belt, commuter bus