congestion
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The same forces that produce traffic jams and market bubbles—congestion, imperfect information, coordination failures—are at work here too, only with candles.
While capacity is being added at record speed, it has not always translated into power generation, partly due to grid congestion.
From Barron's
It’s crucial for commerce and will alleviate congestion at the nearby Ambassador bridge and the Windsor tunnel.
Work on the structure began in 2018, with the aim of easing congestion over the nearby Ambassador Bridge, where trucks sometimes wait hours in traffic jams.
Smart motorways were introduced to reduce congestion by increasing motorway capacity, using technology to regulate traffic flow.
From BBC
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