congestion
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It is also allowing civil servants to work remotely for five days over the period in a bid to ease traffic congestion.
From Barron's
"If some civil servants and officials do not need to come to the office, it would reduce traffic congestion and generate substantial savings," said the president.
From Barron's
Mumbai has emerged as one of the most popular places to deposit cargoes, leading to congestion.
Unlike cargo moving from the Atlantic Basin or the Middle East, Alaska LNG doesn’t transit through the Panama Canal and thus doesn’t face canal congestion, water-level restrictions or geopolitical turmoil during passage.
I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.
From Los Angeles Times
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