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commuter

 
 
/kəˈmjuːtər/ adjective [before noun]

Definition

TRANSPORT used to describe something that is used by people who regularly travel between home and work, for example a place that they live, or a method of travel: commuter town/suburb, etc. Fanwood, New Jersey, is still an important commuter town.commuter flight/airline/bus, etc. They caught a commuter flight to Boston in the morning.
(Definition of commuter adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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