Despite the intimate meals at Gracie Mansion, exhaustive lobbying, and presentations of sophisticated, district-by-district traffic analyses, Mr. Bloomberg was unable to persuade lawmakers like Mr. Dinowitz to support his plan, which would have formed a major pillar in his legacy.
Poetry readings should be weekly events in Chelsea: say, every Saturday afternoon, to catch maximum art district foot traffic, with various galleries rotating as hosts.
Who wouldn't cherish the juxtaposition of the financial district (with traffic visible on two sides of the plaza) and Indian dance (with its complex evocations of faraway culture, its bright attire and the lavish color of its generously amplified music).
Before us stretched western Tokyo's low-rise buildings, the high-rise cluster of Shibuya's entertainment district, outbound traffic clogged on Metropolitan Expressway No. 3, swatches of green parkland, and on and on, to the foothills of Mount Fuji, which, true to form, was blocked by clouds.
It has only 4,800 dedicated parking spots, and while repeated warnings from city officials to take mass transit or walk from the financial district made traffic flow smoothly for the game's start, it is not at all assured that the fans will continue to forgo their cars during the course of 81 home games.
In the southwestern French department of Gers, protesters covered almost all of the district's traffic speed cameras with trash bags on Monday night.
The locations to be captured will include all of the Peak District's traffic-free routes, including the Tissington, High Peak, Monsal and Thornhill trails.
In other districts, the traffic of stolen or "leaked" US weapons has started to surpass the opium trade.
Singapore, by charging drivers to enter the central business district, sharply reduced traffic congestion even while employment was increasing.
The bank sits in front of a busy elevated subway station in a commercial district with heavy traffic, making the robbery all the more surprising to customers.
