Difference between Transit and Traffic
Transit and traffic are synonymous terms and the only difference lies in the most appropriate time to use one and the other according to the RAE. Traffic refers to the transit of people, vehicles, merchandise and, in general, illegal products, while transit refers to the action of transiting vehicles and people.
Transit
Traffic generally refers to the traffic of vehicles and automobiles on a road, street or highway, as well as pedestrians. It is also used to define the flow of particles or fluids. There are models that define what the flow of vehicular traffic will be like according to some of its characteristics and sometimes they are accurate to reality.
Macroscopic models evaluate traffic based on general characteristics such as vehicle speed and road characteristics, while microscopic models evaluate individual characteristics.
These models also study certain conditions such as:
- Car accident.
- Vehicle congestion.
- Avenue crossings.
- Use of traffic lights.
Traffic
The term traffic can refer to the action of commerce, the illegal traffic of merchandise, money, influence and people, the traffic of a website or vehicular traffic. It refers then to the movement of vehicles, objects, people or data.
Differences between transit and traffic
- In English, transit corresponds to transport while traffic is related only to vehicular traffic.
- In Spanish transito defines the flow of elements that move while traffic is related to the elements transported by various means.
- Transit is the action of transiting, activity carried out by people or vehicles on a road.
- Traffic is related to the movement of people and goods through means of transport.
- Trafficking is also usually related to the crime of transporting or any action related to the chain of cultivation, processing and drug trade.