'''Commuting''' is the process of
traveling 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.
Commuting is largely a phenomenon which exists in
industrialized 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 people lived at or within walking distance of their workplace.
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 the
suburbs.
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.
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.
Commuting, especially in the absence of carpooling, is often regarded as a major contributing factor to
traffic congestion.
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
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