Sentence examples for traffic close from inspiring English sources

The events in London, Glasgow and Belfast passed peacefully, although some disabled activists staged a sit-in and cut off traffic close to Hyde Park in London.

The restaurant reopened in 2007 in Bond Street in front of four lanes of thundering traffic, close to the Cabot Circus shopping centre.

He gave it a light, muted blast to thank a woman in a four-wheeler who helped us make a turn in urban traffic close to our destination, and he used it twice in the Yakima Valley, flirting with a woman who was wearing a bikini.

"We probably have 50percentt more of our traffic — close to one million viewers each month — going into 'Gossip Girl' than into any other show," said Travis Schneider, the founder of StarBrand Media, which handles the e-commerce connections for the series, along with other shows and films including "She's the Man" and "America's Next Top Model".

Protesters are concerned the plant will lead to increased pollution and generate a lot of traffic close to people's homes and schools.

We used dozens of NYPD and traffic agents, as well as about 35 production assistants to reroute traffic, close down the avenues, and "lock up" building lobbies and coffee shops.

"I said to him: 'But you're the ones blocking traffic, closing up New York Avenue.

A 2012 IEEE study estimates that widespread adoption of autonomous-driving technology could increase highway capacity fivefold, simply by packing traffic closer together.

My colleague Jeffrey Marcus drove expertly from Johannesburg yesterday, negotiating the toll road, with two lanes in each direction, often nothing but a yellow line between us and oncoming traffic, closing speed of, well, never mind.

A three-hour standoff between war protesters and the police on Monday at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco snarled traffic, closed a popular pedestrian walkway and led to 10 arrests.

After a hazy start, the first was assuaged by a combination of wind, rain and impressive efforts to reduce pollution by restricting traffic, closing factories and improving public transport.