through traffic
Cars just passing
Through traffic is vehicles passing through an area rather than stopping there.
Highway signs warn no through traffic when a street serves only local residents.
A through street permits continuous travel; side streets may dead-end or loop back.
Urban planners often route through traffic around neighborhoods to reduce noise and congestion.
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- trafficwayRoute for vehicular movement
- ring roadCircular bypass route
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- rat runTraffic-avoiding residential route
road closure · congestion · transport · arterial road · main drag · flow · keep moving · commute · deadheading · expressway · toll road · highway · freeway · speed limits · trunk road · suburbanization · air pollution · zoning laws
- traffic typesrush hour, morning commute, evening commute
- traffic signsstop signs, stop sign, yield signs, yield sign, speed limit signs
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