Rush hour

Rush hour staircase bottleneck in the New York City Subway

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic on roads and crowding on public transport is most. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening. These are the times during when the most people commute. The most common case of Rush hour often happens when most people leave work or school to go home

Rush Hour Media

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  Morning rush hour on the New York City Subway platform at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue

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  Afternoon rush hour traffic on Interstate 95 in Miami

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  A set on the Sydney Trains network. All suburban trains on the network have two decks for increased capacity.

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  Fuxingmen station transfer from Line 2 to Line 1. Note the barrier used to restrict passenger flow to reduce congestion on Line 1 platforms.

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  Rush hour at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. The station is the world's busiest, used by approximately 3.8 million passengers per day in 2008.

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  Heavy rush hour congestion on US 25 along Gratiot Avenue in Detroit in the 1940s

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  Traffic in Atlanta during rush hour

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  Traffic heading into Philadelphia on Interstate 95 during the morning rush hour