Commuter

//kəˈmjuːtɚ//

"Commuter" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Mr Smith forgot to take his commuter ticket.

When you get into a commuter train, you see the briefcases neatly stacked on the racks.

It's a classic commuter town, even during the day there are few people around.

I had my purse and commuter ticket stolen while I was sleeping in the train.

Having begun to read the book on the commuter train, I became fascinated, and for the only time in my life I went past my stop.

Where can I find a commuter bus?

Berlin has a comprehensive public transport network comprising two urban rail systems – local commuter trains (S-Bahn) and the underground (U-Bahn) – and bus and tram routes.

As a commuter, it can be difficult to make friends with the other students, who are mostly boarders.

One commuter who endures a one-and-one-half-hour drive from the outer suburbs to his job in a center city recommends listening to a good "book on tape," which he says distracts him.

Over the past 10 years, South Africa has seen its major cities sprawl, their populations grow, and traffic on road and rail networks explode. Nowhere is this more evident than in the greater Johannesburg-Pretoria area. Passengers on overfilled commuter trains hang on the outside of carriages, and vehicles clog the roads. A rapid rail network under construction is meant to ease congestion.

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How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors. It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them."

He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.

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