Word: gridlock
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...time to act is now. Julie Anderson Climate Change Campaign Manager Union of Concerned Scientists Washington The U.S. has been hit on two fronts - devastating hurricanes and ballooning prices at the gas pump. What appears to be an incurable addiction to automobiles resulted in scenes of cars frozen in gridlock or moving in endless lines at a snail's pace, as residents of Houston fled Hurricane Rita. This could well be what regular rush-hour traffic will look like a decade from now as we continue to build more cars than mass-transit vehicles and more highways than mass-transit...
...After weaving through the Baghdad traffic, the three cars came to a halt in gridlock on Route Irish. It was a few minutes before noon. American troops had blocked the road to clear away the remains of a car damaged by a bomb. Civilian vehicles between the convoy and the roadblock turned off to find alternative routes. The security men, wearing white Arab robes, sat quietly in the line of traffic. Then team leader Johnson climbed out of Ahmelman's car and began firing in the air to warn other vehicles to stay clear - an act which clearly identified...
...Police closed all of East 50th Street from Park Avenue to Lexington Avenue as an overnight parking lot for the presidential motorcade, which took up both sides of the street. The United Nations had tried to make New Yorkers feel better about the gridlock and street closures with an "Everyone Is A Delegate" advertising campaign on subways, buses and telephone kiosks. Roads were clogged with Denalis, Town Cars and Mercedes with window signs like "Malaysia 11," "Togo 3" and the Saudi Arabian "Royal Protocol...
...their credit, Nagin and state officials did pull off a complex traffic-evacuation plan that weekend, which involved reversing the traffic flow on three interstates. A similar scheme led to massive gridlock last year during Hurricane Ivan. Officials had just finished a new plan, weeks before Katrina. For people with cars, it worked beautifully. An estimated 80% of the population evacuated, which--if true--is a major accomplishment in any city--but especially in New Orleans, where residents have to travel at least 80 miles to get out of harm...
...Schröder's idea of calling an early election is illogical. He hopes it will end the gridlock created by the opposition-controlled Bundesrat (upper house) and the government-controlled Bundestag (lower house). But if his Social Democrats win, the situation is likely to remain the same. What he should do is form a grand coalition with the opposition Christian Democrats until the constitutional end of the Social Democrats' term, in 2006. That would help break the gridlock. Alfred Jung Gau-Bischofsheim, Germany...