urban congestion
Metropolitan traffic jams
Urban congestion is the overcrowding of city infrastructure—streets clogged with traffic, sidewalks packed with pedestrians, transit systems strained beyond capacity.
The term appears most often in discussions of traffic: Urban congestion costs commuters hours each week.
City planners study urban congestion to improve transportation networks and reduce gridlock.
- trafficMovement along routes
- rush hour trafficCongestion during commute times
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- stop and goIntermittent motion pattern
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
smog · commute · road rage · honking · car horns · bottleneck · rush hour · downtown · overcrowding · density · exhaust · exhaust fumes · standstill · parking · subway · highways · city streets · pedestrians
- traffictraffic jam, traffic, gridlock, bumper to bumper, bumper-to-bumper
urban congestionwide open spaces
Expansive uncluttered landscapes
spaciousness · open space · emptiness · breathing room · elbow room
urban congestionrural tranquility
Peaceful atmosphere of countryside
countryside · rural isolation · suburban sprawl · pastoral landscape · hinterland
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