3. The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Traffic return, a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. — Traffic taker, a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line, etc.
TRAFFICABLE
Traf"fic*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
TRAFFICKER
Traf"fick*er, n.
Defn: One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
TRAFFICLESS
Traf"fic*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of traffic, or trade.
TRAFFIC MILE
Traf"fic mile. (Railroad Accounting)
Defn: Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; — a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.
Traffic mile is a term designed to furnish an excuse for the erroneous practice of adding together two things (ton miles and passenger miles) which, being of different kinds, cannot properly be added. Hadley.