In the heart of Lhasa, strip malls replaced shrines, Chinese signs were four times as big and numerous as Tibetan ones, and paved roads with taxis left rickshaws battling the forces of traffic.
The Federal Aviation Administration, another agency within the Transportation Department, faces a monumental task in replacing its aging work force of air traffic controllers, and improving air traffic control.
A task force of state traffic engineers and designers has been appointed to work with community leaders to review the options.
Stop for a moment to thumb through a title and you'll invariably be jostled aside by the sheer force of foot traffic as book buyers criss-cross each others' alphabetic desires.
She coordinates several major anti-trafficking efforts, including the "National Day of Johns Arrests," with more than 70 law enforcement agencies targeting the buyers as the driving force of sex-trafficking and prostitution.
They argue from such simple analogy that, say, for instance, there was no way to stop reckless motorists from injuring one another inside big cities until there were enough cars on the streets to force the invention of traffic lights.
Undeterred by the conditions, the Occupiers forced re-routing of traffic as they fought for their cause.
Losing half its functional width and forcing single lanes of traffic to zigzag slowly through town, it's as if town fathers wanted to be sure all would enjoy the modern and entertaining public art -- like the popular Chrome Buffalo, made of old car bumpers -- planted every few steps.
Human face of migration Complicating the situation are the various reasons for young people's migration, which can range from the search for a better life to an escape from persecution and violence, or forced migration in the form of trafficking.
But they're hamstrung by a web of dysfunction and forced to traffic in imagery, messaging and press releases.
