travel time

noun

1. time spent traveling for a job, as from home to work or in the course of business.

Word History and Origins

Origin of travel time¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

City officials estimated the project would shave as much as 30 minutes from South Side residents’ travel times and create 12,500 construction jobs in neighborhoods where 24% of residents live below the poverty line.

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Most center on reducing travel time and making executives more productive.

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And they get star treatment, including flights to games to avoid long travel times around such a big country.

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A high-speed rail line between Liverpool and Manchester was a central piece of the overall project, aimed at cutting travel times between the major northern cities and boosting the UK economy outside of London.

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However, the pandemic working from home and rail usage has not yet returned to pre-Covid levels so peak travel times are less busy than they used to be.

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