A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term usually refers to someone walking on a road or pavement, but this was not the case historically. Pedestrians may also be wheelchair users or other disabled people who use mobility aids.
Pedestrians on a crosswalk in Buenos Aires
A sign in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, directing pedestrians to an overpass for safe crossing.
Pedestrian signal in Santa Ana, California.
The pedestrian Bauman Street in Kazan, Russia.
Traffic comprises pedestrians, vehicles, ridden or herded animals, trains, and other conveyances that use public ways (roads/sidewalks) for travel and transportation.
Crossing from Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, into Manhattan in heavy automobile traffic on the George Washington Bridge, the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, transporting approximately 300,000 cars and trucks daily across the Hudson River.
Traffic in Brazil
Congestion in St. Louis, Missouri, early 20th century
Traffic controller on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois