congestion

Example Sentences

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The MTA last year also started charging a $9 congestion tax on drivers—including those from Long Island—who enter Manhattan’s business district.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The museum will also have a new entrance on its eastern facade to help ease congestion at its current glass-and-metal pyramid entry point.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

There is an additional problem, too: Taxes on gasoline are supposed to charge drivers for some of the costs their driving imposes on everyone else – carbon emissions, local air pollution, congestion and crashes.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

Plaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said he was in favour of a "road answer" to congestion on the M4 when he appeared in a Walesonline election debate.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

But as the days turned into weeks, into months, into years, the day-in, day-out smells, sights, and sounds that accompany extreme congestion crowded the minds of the people, leaving room for little else.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield