"gridlock traffic" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a situation where traffic is completely stopped or severely slowed due to congestion. Example: The city was experiencing gridlock traffic during rush hour, causing long delays for commuters.
It was strange, Ms. Miller said, to see the difference between downtown and Midtown, which were almost like separate worlds, united only by gridlock traffic.
"You already have gridlock traffic every day, even on weekends," said Rose Rothschild, district manager for Community Board 4. "Imagine if they all get approval.
The crushing air pollution and gridlock traffic in his hometown Hangu, an industrial district in China's northern metropolis of Tianjin, made him anxious and sometimes sick.
The less diplomatic roll their eyes at Napa's gridlock traffic, the build-up of limousines, the culture of what Lonely Planet terms "trophy homes and trophy wives".
He cited rampant pollution and gridlock traffic but stopped short of mentioning corruption or the fact that the Chinese government has never given a full account of the events of May and June 1989.
A lack of housing and gridlock traffic are just some of the concerns in a growing city where high-tech companies such as Google, Symantec, LinkedIn and Intuit attract tens of thousands of employees.
But there is nothing ultimate about gridlock, traffic-management systems and congestion charges.
Low-flying helicopters circled the city and roadblocks gridlocked traffic.
— Al Harrington and the Knicks mimicked gridlocked traffic last season.
Meanwhile, an explosion of car ownership has wrought gridlocked traffic and a halo of auto fumes.
On late Wednesday afternoon, the banner headline on the Times' Web site read, "City Copes With Gridlocked Traffic".
