vomit comet n. any form of transportation on which riders are (jocularly) said to become nauseated or seasick, such as an airplane that simulates zero-gravity conditions or a bus that transports late-night revelers. (source: Double-Tongued...
vomit comet n.— «Aspen partygoers, beware. Transportation officials have voted to hire a security firm to patrol the bus station and late-night buses on Fridays and Saturdays that commonly have to take drunken passengers home from Aspen...
stretch commuter n.— «The federal government has a term for these frequent fliers—”super-stretch” commuters. They travel more than 200 miles one-way to work and the Department of Transportation estimates there are 198,000 who...
wildcat v.— «Illegal solicitation of rides, or “wildcatting” as it is known, is a persistent problem in San Ysidro, said Ricardo Castro, of Greyhound Lines Inc. Castro, who is a board member of the San Ysidro Border Transportation...
run the traps v. phr.— «The Valley Industry and Commerce Assn. (VICA) recently sent a delegation of local business executives to Washington, D.C., to build relationships with—and, we hope, influence—the nation’s key legislative decision...
bag drag n. generally, the transportation of luggage; in air travel, a connecting flight or the act of getting to a flight (with luggage); in the military, a change in deployment, especially a multi-part itinerary that includes a change in vehicles...