rush hour traffic
Peak commute gridlock
Rush hour traffic is the heavy congestion on roads during peak commuting times, typically morning and evening on weekdays when people travel to and from work.
The phrase treats the predictable slowdown as a single phenomenon: I got stuck in rush hour traffic for an hour.
Despite the name, rush hour rarely lasts just sixty minutes.
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- commuteRegular work travel
- bumper-to-bumperVehicles packed without gaps
- stop and goIntermittent motion pattern
jam · standstill · honking · road rage · brake lights · freeway · highway · crawl · delays · bottleneck · merging · lanes · left lane · express lane · tailgating · fender bender · exhaust · frustration
- commutingcommute, morning commute, evening commute, commute time, long commute
- trafficcongestion, gridlock, bumper to bumper, bumper-to-bumper, stop and go
- traffic typesmorning commute, evening commute
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- network congestionbottleneck, packet loss, latency, buffering, bandwidth limit
traffic density/congestion
rush hour trafficopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
empty streets · light traffic · open highway · deserted streets · smooth sailing
rush, hour, traffic, rushed, rushing, rushes, rusher, hours, hourly