to bottleneck traffic
21bottleneck — noun (C) 1 a place in a road where the traffic cannot pass easily, so that there are a lot of delays 2 a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process take longer: Having only one person to do the clerical work has caused a real… …
22bottleneck — noun there s a bottleneck at the intersection of I 91 and I 84 Syn: traffic jam, jam, congestion, tie up, holdup, snarl up, gridlock, logjam, constriction, narrowing, restriction, obstruction, blockage, choke point …
23traffic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trade, barter, commerce, business. transportation; dealings, familiarity, intercourse, fraternization. v. trade, deal, have dealings. See sale. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The flow of transport] Syn.… …
24bottleneck — A traffic situation where the road narrows to the point where traffic is excessively slowed …
25bottleneck — bot|tle|neck [ batl,nek ] noun count 1. ) a place where a road is narrow or blocked, causing traffic to move very slowly 2. ) a specific problem in part of a process, that causes delays to the whole process: bottlenecks in production, resulting… …
26bottleneck — noun 1》 a narrow section of road where traffic flow is restricted. 2》 a device worn on a guitarist s finger and used to produce sliding effects on the strings …
27bottleneck — [ˈbɒt(ə)lˌnek] noun [C] 1) a problem that causes delays 2) a place where traffic moves slowly because the road is narrow or blocked …
28bottleneck — /ˈbɒtlnɛk / (say botlnek) noun 1. a narrow entrance or passage way. 2. a place, or stage in a process, where progress is retarded. 3. a. a narrow part of a road between two wide stretches. b. a congested junction, road, town, etc., fed by several …
29bottleneck — n. 1 a point at which the flow of traffic, production, etc., is constricted. 2 a narrow place causing constriction …
30Three phase traffic theory — The three phase traffic theory is an alternative traffic theory developed by Boris Kerner. It is mainly concerned with the physics of traffic congestion at freeways. Kerner describes three phases, opposed to the classical theories based on the… …
