road traffic

Cars on streets

Road traffic is the movement of vehicles along roads—cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and bicycles collectively traveling public thoroughfares.

Traffic can be light or heavy, flowing or gridlocked: Road traffic came to a standstill after the accident.

The term often appears in compounds: road traffic accident, road traffic laws, road traffic congestion.

Related

highway patrol · bicycle · intersection · green light · red light · congestion charge · collision · rush hour · roundabout · toll booth · pedestrian · crosswalk · school zone · speed limit · detour · lanes · jam · snarl

Categories
Opposites
mode of movement

road trafficpedestrians

People traveling on foot

foot traffic · pedestrian traffic · walking · cyclists

traffic flow state

road trafficdeserted streets

Thoroughfares without people

open highway · car-free zones · gridlock · standstill · stillness

transport domain

road trafficair traffic

Aircraft in flight

maritime traffic · rail traffic · shipping traffic · river traffic · boat traffic

Family

road, traffic, railroad, roads, roadway, roadblock, crossroads, railroads, trafficking

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G