peak hours
Maximum traffic periods
Peak hours are the times of day when demand for something is highest.
Traffic peaks during the morning and evening commutes; electricity use peaks when people return home from work.
Airlines and utilities charge more during peak hours.
The phrase often appears as an adjective: peak-hour traffic, peak-hour pricing.
Off-peak is the opposite.
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- evening rushLate-day travel crunch
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
traffic jams · commute · daily grind · mornings · traffic congestion · congestion pricing · workday · evenings · school run · carpool lane · bus lanes · frequency · ridership · surge · traffic density · 9-to-5 · overcrowding · busy
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- traffic studiestraffic volume, traffic flow, traffic patterns, traffic density, travel time
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- train termsall aboard, engine, departure time, arrival time, passenger car
- train traveltrain, railway, fare, tracks, rail
activity level
peak hoursdowntime
Period of non-operation
lull · idle hours · graveyard shift · small hours · wee hours