Traffic vs. Transportation — What's the Difference?

The amount of users or data accessing a website.

A system or means of conveying people or goods.

The transport of goods or cargo.

Vehicles or infrastructure used for transporting.

Communication or dealings between people or groups.

The action of deporting a foreigner from a country.

Illegal trade or business.

A means of conveyance, such as a vehicle.

Traffic on roads consists of road users including pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, buses and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles, while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic.

The act of transporting goods or people from one place to another.

The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.

The act or an instance of transporting.

Vehicles or pedestrians in transit

The state of being transported.

The commercial exchange of goods; trade.

A means of conveyance

Illegal or improper commercial activity

The business of conveying passengers or goods

The business of moving passengers and cargo through a transportation system.

Deportation to a penal colony.

The amount of cargo or number of passengers conveyed.

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.

The conveyance of messages or data through a system of communication

(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.

Messages or data conveyed through such a system

(US) A means of conveyance.

The number of users or visitors, as at a website

(US) A ticket or fare.

Social or verbal exchange; communication

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

To carry on trade or other dealings

Transport; ecstasy.

To provide to others, especially in large quantities, in exchange for money

A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.

The act of transporting something from one location to another

Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.

The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.

The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials

(radio) In CB radio, formal written messages relayed on behalf of others.

The act of expelling a person from their native land;

(advertising) The amount of attention paid to a particular printed page etc. in a publication.

Commodities of the market.

(intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.

(intransitive) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

(transitive) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Congested

To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.

To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.

Commodities of the market.

The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.

The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

Buying and selling; especially illicit trade

The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time;

Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

Deal illegally;

Trade or deal a commodity;

The movement of vehicles or people on roads.

Yes, Traffic can refer to the number of visitors or data flow on a website or network.

Traffic typically refers to the movement of vehicles, people, or goods in a specific area.

No, while Traffic can refer to congestion, it simply denotes movement or flow in a given area.

Air Traffic refers to the movement of aircraft in the airspace, while air Transportation refers to the system of moving passengers or cargo by air.

Yes, Traffic can mean the transport of goods or even illegal trade, as in drug traffic.

Yes, through regulations, signals, and infrastructure changes, Traffic can be managed.

Transportation emphasizes the system or means by which movement occurs, while Traffic focuses on the movement itself.

Yes, urban planning considers both the movement (Traffic) and systems of conveyance (Transportation) to optimize city design.

Common forms include cars, buses, trains, airplanes, and bicycles.

Yes, Transportation covers local to international movement, including shipping and flights.

No, public Transportation refers to transit systems like buses and trains, while public Traffic would refer to the general flow of vehicles or people in public spaces.

Web Traffic is measured using various tools that count page views, user sessions, and other related metrics.

Ensuring efficient, timely, and safe movement while minimizing environmental impact is a challenge in Transportation.

Absolutely. High Traffic areas might influence the development of new Transportation infrastructures or systems.

Not exactly. While both involve movement, logistics is broader, encompassing the planning, execution, and management of moving goods.