Perhaps the rationale is to do us all a favor by slowing down traffic.
As Acpo's roads chief, Hughes had argued in favour of "less conspicuous" speed cameras as a way of slowing down traffic.
In the past, controllers worried so much about being disciplined that they would keep jets five or six miles apart, slowing down traffic.
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So says the BBC, that the internet is currently suffering under the largest cyber-attack yet known and that this is slowing down traffic and sites right across the internet.
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It said there were reports there will be anything from informational picketing on the Golden Gate Bridge to efforts to shut down traffic on the bridge as well as all ferry services, though those possibilities have not been confirmed by the unions themselves.
Small, shared vehicles are easy to park and maneuver in dense urban centers, and cut down on traffic and fuel consumption.
To make room for it to be towed through the city, dozens of trees were cut down and traffic signs removed.
In addition to clearing a 1.1-mile security zone around the bomb, authorities plan to shut down train traffic Sunday along the country's busy Rhine stretch.
Among these virtues: cutting down on traffic congestion and commuter-generated pollution.
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Traffic to Groupon was down nearly 50%, while traffic to LivingSocial was up 27%.
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In the Los Angeles area, some Emergent Medical Associates locations shut down their paramedic traffic.
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Business and tourism interests in Devon and Cornwall want the A30, because it brings tourist traffic down to Exeter.
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Speeding drivers in Swindon are to be slowed down by using traffic lights.
Data from measurement firm Experian PLC show retail foot-traffic down in West London, sometimes substantially, for nearly every day of the games.
Mr Kennedy said the first phase of the scheme had been a success with traffic down and a rise in people on the bus.
Of course, the challenge for airlines, the FAA and travelers will be whether flying will bog down again once traffic picks up with economic recovery.
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It was hoped by cutting the traffic down people living in the newly-built Charlton Hayes development - to the south of Highwood Lane - could share amenities with people in Patchway to the north.
Burning 3, 785 liters of fuel an hour, they turn left and right and speed up and slow down as air traffic controllers on the ground try to arrange them like a conga line for their final approach to the runway.
Coal traffic is down 2% through the first five months of 2007 amid a general slump of freight traffic.
They put up traffic lights, so they make us "stop to avoid the inconvenience of slowing down", to quote traffic writer Kenneth Todd.
As the air traffic died down, I finally found silence deep enough to get lost in.
The WECC was very unpopular with residents and businesses but it clearly did keep traffic levels down.
Both domestic and international traffic are down on last year, reflecting the continuing impact of the economic downturn.
But a national chain decided to shut it down for lack of traffic.
When Chitika ran the same study in February Apple generated 41.5% of smartphone web traffic, down from the 46% in October.
But it said that traffic was down 28% on last year's third quarter, although business travellers were returning faster than leisure flyers.
Kristina Johansson, general manager at the Bea's of Bloomsbury bakery in central London, estimated foot traffic was down by half since mid-last week.
So it happens every now and again that folks scavenging for copper end up cutting through fiberoptic cable, which can shut down phone and data traffic for a limited area.
The A48 is closed in both directions at Stormy Down, Bridgend, with traffic queues.
Traffic delays are down by a third, while average speeds in the charging zone have increased by nearly 40%.
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