Why “commuter” is being discussed
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China's CE-25A Electric Commuter Airliner Demonstrator Emerges
by cisc · Oct 30, 2026 · 3 points
> Trains take a long time to stop even at moderate commuter train speeds because they are so heavy Mostly because metal wheels to metal rails contact offer very poor friction
by 233mhz · Oct 30, 2026
Trains take a long time to stop even at moderate commuter train speeds because they are so heavy, let alone high speeds of 300km/h+. At least one of the failures here is th…
by bobthepanda · Oct 29, 2026
Subsidies to keep a failing industry alive are, reasonably, seen as a different phenomenon than subsidies to help a successful industry beat its international competitors. If Am…
by SpicyLemonZest · Oct 29, 2026
Then parents who do morning routine or drop off have to come in an hour later, and their partner also wants to wake an hour later so they can stay up with the family an hour lat…
by sokoloff · Oct 29, 2026
I used to work regularly on a commuter train with a firm-provided touchscreen ThinkPad. The touchscreen was great on the train because it was faster (for many things) than reach…
by droidjj · Oct 28, 2026
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Commuting is periodically recurring travel between a place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community. By extension, it can sometimes be any regular or often repeated travel between locations, even when not work-related. The modes of travel, time taken and distance traveled in commuting varies widely across the globe. Most people in least-developed countries continue to walk to work. The cheapest method of commuting after walking is usually by bicycle, so this is common in low-income countries but is also increasingly practised by people in wealthier countries for environmental, health, and often time reasons. In middle-income countries, motorcycle commuting is very common. Read more on Wikipedia