Sentence examples for empty traffic from inspiring English sources

Because Broadway — like nature — abhors a vacuum, it took no coaching whatsoever to encourage the crowds to spill off the sidewalks and into the newly empty traffic lanes.

Without continued governmental promotion, Samana was left a city marred by desuetude, the hotels virtually abandoned and the empty traffic circles serving as symbols for political satirists.

So there is an indirect connection between SpongeBob and the revolution, in the sense that the uprising transformed Tahrir Square from a large, empty traffic circle, to a revolutionary stronghold, and eventually to a hub of informal commerce.

The roads themselves were empty of traffic.

Nowadays it is so heavily secured that it is virtually empty of traffic and pedestrians.

The streets lie largely empty – little traffic, few buses, just the occasional pedestrian along the way.

By dawn today, parts of the city were empty of traffic and soldiers blocked off key squares and intersections.

Uptowners who had been turned back by cops at the barricade stood and watched while downtown residents ambled down an avenue that was nearly empty of traffic.

The streets in downtown Cairo were empty of traffic, and most businesses were closed; some, including a McDonald's, had their windows and interiors smashed up.

Although many stores and gas stations were shuttered and the streets were unusually empty of traffic, some people proceeded as if Monday was not out of the ordinary.

For some city residents, summer weekends are the best times, with the streets relatively empty of traffic and people -- except for tourists.