traffic patterns
Rush hour choreography
Traffic patterns are the typical flow and movement of vehicles, aircraft, or pedestrians through a particular area.
The term applies to regular rush-hour congestion on highways, the prescribed routes aircraft follow near airports, or how shoppers move through a store.
Urban planners study traffic patterns to design better roads; retailers analyze them to optimize floor layouts.
Traffic patterns shift dramatically during holiday weekends.
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
- intersectionsPoints where things cross
- mergingBlending into one
- roundaboutsCircular road junctions
- heat mapsColor-coded intensity visualizations
roads · jaywalking · school zone · airports · flight path · bridges · circulation · rush hour · road rage · tunnels · congestion · bike lanes · pedestrian crossings · queuing · urban sprawl · parking lots · zoning laws · routes
- traffic termsrush hour, congestion, peak hours, gridlock, bottleneck
- Network Trafficdata packets, packets, throughput, data transfer, upload
- traffic studiestravel time, peak hours, congestion, pneumatic tubes, GPS tracking
- aerial viewsaerial view, bird's eye view, bird's-eye view, satellite imagery, aerial shot
traffic patternsgridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
dead stop · stagnation · immobility · motionlessness · standstill