congestion zone
Pay-to-drive district
A congestion zone is a designated urban area where vehicles must pay a fee to enter, intended to reduce traffic and pollution.
London pioneered the modern version in 2003.
The term also applies more loosely to any area where traffic regularly backs up: Avoid the downtown congestion zone during rush hour.
- trafficMovement along routes
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- tollFee for passage
- urbanPertaining to cities
inner city · city center · cars · exhaust · bottleneck · downtown · rush hour · peak hours · smog · honking · fumes · barrier · pricing · restricted · no entry · London · clean air · charge
traffic density
congestion zoneopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
empty streets · freeway · expressway · rural highway · quiet street
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