traffic flow


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traffic flow

The total number of vehicles passing a given point in a given time. Traffic flow is expressed as vehicles per hour.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Besides that the cheerfully frequented High Street lies nearly parallel to the spot (the old Cathedral rising between the two), and is the natural channel in which the Cloisterham traffic flows, a certain awful hush pervades the ancient pile, the cloisters, and the churchyard, after dark, which not many people care to encounter.
Special squads of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have been deputed at Islamabad Expressway, IJP Road and other important avenues to ensure smooth traffic flow.
ISLAMABAD -- Special squads of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have been deputed at Islamabad Expressway, IJP road and other important boulevards to ensure smooth traffic flow there.
DEAR Editor, As the smooth traffic flow grinds to a virtual halt at any hours of the day in our city, the traffic planners have come up with another brain wave, blue cycle lanes, presumably costing millions of pounds and two years of shocking time-wasting traffic congestion.
The chairman directed that CDA engineering wing and traffic police should take a round of the area and propose interventions to be taken up on emergent basis for ease of traffic flow.
AS the smooth traffic flow grinds to a virtual halt at any hour of the day in our city, the traffic planners have come up with another brainwave - blue cycle lanes, presumably costing millions of pounds and two years of shocking time-wasting traffic congestion.
Traffic flow on several major highways was reported to be slow as at 5.30pm as people began to return to the capital after the Aidiladha celebration.
comprehensive plan should be devised to improve traffic flow, adding
However there are complaints of consistent wear and tear of road due to heavy traffic flow. He said that underground weight station will be installed at the cost of Rs 6 million at several places which will identify heavy weight vehicles.
A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.
Heavy traffic flow at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) that affected thousands of motorists and commuters traveling to provinces of Luzon has eased Good Friday.

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