congestion
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The 2.25-mile electric train system is designed to help reduce airport congestion by connecting terminals, parking lots and passenger pickup and drop-off areas — ferrying riders over the airport’s notorious horseshoe loop.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Operators are cushioned through fixed-price fleet cards for diesel and higher container storage income from expected port congestion, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Instead, it can work alongside them, handling high-capacity data traffic in indoor environments and reducing congestion on radio-based systems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
This large server footprint helps reduce congestion, improve connection stability and makes it easier to find a nearby server.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Flight 93, with thirty-seven passengers and seven crew members on board, had left Newark forty minutes late because of runway congestion.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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