Commuters on the New York City Subway during rush hour

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Rush hour at Shinjuku Station, Yamanote Line

Traffic jam

Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. Students who are enrolled at a college or university but who live off-campus are also typically referred to as commuters, and when such institutions have few dormitories they are called commuter schools. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (804x536, 124 KB) Summary F Train, Manhattan-bound, 9:25am. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (804x536, 124 KB) Summary F Train, Manhattan-bound, 9:25am. ... The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 872 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Rush hour at Shinyuku station, Yamanote line and Chūō-Sōbu Line. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 872 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Rush hour at Shinyuku station, Yamanote line and Chūō-Sōbu Line. ... South side of Shinjuku Station at night East exit of Shinjuku Station Shinjuku Station ) is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. ... A Yamanote Line E231 series EMU on the left departs with a 205 series on the right Passengers prepare to board a train on the Yamanote Line 205 series 6-door Cattle wagon before the morning rush Display within Yamanote Line car shows next stop and route map. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 176 KB)Traffic jam Source: U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau Public Information Office (301) 763-3030 Last Revised: July 07, 2003 at 10:19:32 AM Public domain government data. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 176 KB)Traffic jam Source: U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau Public Information Office (301) 763-3030 Last Revised: July 07, 2003 at 10:19:32 AM Public domain government data. ... Traffic jams are common in heavily populated areas. ... Statue dedicated to the traveller. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ...

Commuting is largely a phenomenon of industrialised societies, where access to modern modes of travel such as automobile, trains, buses and bicycles has enabled people to live far from their workplace. Prior to the 19th century most workers lived less than an hour's walking distance from their workplace. Modern commuting usually refers to people travelling, usually daily, to workplaces beyond their own towns, cities and villages. A Watt steam engine. ... Mode of transport (or means of transport or transport mode or transport modality or form of transport) is a general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo. ... Karl Benzs Velo (vélo means bicycle in French) model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race 2005 MINI Cooper S. An automobile (also motor car or simply car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... It has been suggested that Local trains be merged into this article or section. ... A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ... “Velo” redirects here. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The advent of modern commuting has had a large impact on life. It has allowed cities to expand to sizes which were previously not practical, and it has led to the proliferation of suburbs. Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Many large cities or conurbations are surrounded by commuter belts, also known as metropolitan areas, where people who work in the city or conurbation live. These regions are often called commuter towns, dormitory towns, or bedroom communities. A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey to travel to New York City A commuter town, is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute to a nearby metropolis to earn their livelihood. ...

As urban sprawl pushes farther and farther away from central business districts, new businesses can appear in outlying cities, leading to the existence of the reverse commuter who lives in a core city but works in the suburbs, and to a type of secondary commuter who lives in a more distant exurb and works in the outlying city or industrial suburb. Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl) is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Edge city is an American term for a relatively new concentration of business, shopping and entertainment outside a traditional urban area, in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community. ... The expression exurb (for extra-urban) was coined in the 1950s, by Auguste Comte Spectorsky in his book The Exurbanites, to describe the ring of prosperous rural communities beyond the suburbs that, due to availability via the new high-speed limited-access highways, were becoming dormitory communities for an urban...

Commuting by car, especially in the absence of carpooling, is often regarded as a major contributing factor to traffic congestion and air pollution. Carpooling is shared use of a car, in particular for commuting to work, often by people who each have a car but travel together to save costs. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Air Pollution is a chemical, physical (e. ...

The word 'commute' is derived from the reduced or 'commuted' fare paid by the purchaser of a rail season ticket, where a lesser amount is paid, in advance, for a ticket covering journeys for a period into the future. In general, the longer the validity of the ticket, the greater the discount will be.

See also

• Bicycle commuting
• Motorcycle Commuting
• Extreme Commuting
• Carpooling
• Commuter train
• Commuter worker, a person who commutes to work across international borders
• Journey to work
• Roadway air pollution
• Park and ride
• Straphanger
• Slugging
• Suburb
• Telecommuting
• Transit-oriented development
• Urban planning
• Urban sprawl

Bicycle commuting is the act of commuting to work or school by bicycle, a common form of utility cycling. ... Just as there are thousands of people commuting to work on buses, trains and cars there are also a whole gamut of various people coming in to work on powered two wheels whether they are scooters, mini-bikes, Monkey Bikes or run of the mill motorcycles (and some very special... As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an extreme commute is a daily journey to work that takes more than 90 minutes each way. ... Carpooling is shared use of a car, in particular for commuting to work, often by people who each have a car but travel together to save costs. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Commuter workers is a term used in the United States for residents of Mexico who commute across the Mexican-U.S. Border to work in the United States. ... The journey to work describes the mode used by, and the amount of time it takes, an individual to travel from home to work. ... Roadway air dispersion is applied to highway segments Roadway air dispersion modeling is the study of air pollutant transport from a roadway or other linear emitter. ... a park-and-ride bus in Oxford Park and ride terminals are public transport stations that allow commuters to drive short distances in their personal automobiles to catch a ride on a bus or railroad system (usually classified as light rail or the heavier commuter rail). ... Straphanger is a nickname for a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. ... Slugging is a form of commuting used in the Washington, D.C., area (mostly among commuters who live in Northern Virginia) that essentially combines a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... It has been suggested that Nomad Workers be merged into this article or section. ... Aerial view of growth patterns in Arlington County, Virginia. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl) is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. ...

External links

• US Commuting Averages (2002)
• Some Commuters are travelling from France to London
• Platform 11 - Ireland's National Rail Commuter Group