But it was widely assumed that traffic was growing just as fast.

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Participants and spectators will also have to park farther than usual from the events, and traffic will be diverted more widely than in the past.

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The logo that Mr. Glaser imagined in traffic has since become one of the most widely imitated works of graphic art in the world.

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Though little-known, contract towers are widely used by the FAA to manage air traffic.

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It is the most widely used Linux on the top 1000 websites by traffic, the reference platform for OpenStack deployments, the most popular guest OS on public clouds, and ships on PCs from Dell, Lenovo, HP and other brands.

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Contract controllers are a widely used but little-known part of the FAA's air traffic control system.

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To our right was a widely spaced row of parched sycamore saplings, and on the other side of it the traffic was whining and roaring.

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Similarly, the origins of the microwave oven (an offshoot of radar), the folding baby buggy (the brainchild of a test-pilot inspired by aircraft landing gear) and traffic lights (one of the first of which exploded outside the Houses of Parliament) are not widely known.

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