2007-01-10 21:09:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Because everyone is rushing to get wherever, people just need to slow down, and take a deep breath.
Here is one for you, why do we park on driveways, and drive on parkways?
2007-01-10 21:16:23 · answer #1 · answered by Kat Q 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A rush hour (or peak hour) is a part of the day with busy traffic and hence traffic congestion on the roads and crowded public transport; normally the two periods in a day when people are travelling to or from work or school.
The name is a misnomer: it is usually more than an hour. Typically, rush hour lasts from 6-10 am (0600-1000) and from 3-7 pm (1500-1900) local time. With people travelling places during their lunch time by car too, it is arguable that noon till 2pm (1400) is another, less frantic, rush hour.
The frequency of public transport is usually higher in the rush hour, and in the case of trains, longer ones are often employed. However, the increase in capacity is often less than the number of passengers, due to the limits on available vehicles, staff and, in the case of rail transport, track capacity including platform length. As a result vehicles are more crowded and not everybody has a seat. This may have the effect of making public transport less desirable, therefore pushing more people into cars and making the traffic worse.
Travel demand management, such as road pricing or a congestion charge, is designed to persuade people to alter their travel habits so as to minimise congestion.
Similarly public transport fares may be higher; this is usually presented as an off-peak discount for single fares, though season tickets or multi-ride tickets, commonly used in rush hours by commuters, are also sold at a discount.
2007-01-11 05:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because everyone rushes to the roads , and it causes congestion for about an hour when most people have finished there 9 to 5 jobs.
as to why its called rush hour,
hour= takes longer to get home,
because of the rush of people in their cars .
= Rush Hour
2007-01-11 05:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by natasha_essence 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Quite simply because everyone is in a Rush to get home from work.
2007-01-11 05:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because its that time of the day when people are leaving work in a rush to get home. eg like friday evenings
2007-01-11 05:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by emzc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
rush hour.....between 4 and 5 pm....people are getting off of work then....and where do u live? traffic is horrific here between 4 and 5 pm
2007-01-11 05:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cos everyone is rushing home or rushing to get to work.
2007-01-11 05:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by Charlene 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because everyones RUSHing to or from work/school!
2007-01-11 05:12:22 · answer #8 · answered by Coley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because eveyone is rushing to get home!
2007-01-11 14:56:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone rushes and none reaches.
2007-01-11 05:18:52 · answer #10 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋