They soon came in such numbers that they brought traffic nearly to a halt.
And traffic, nearly everyone agrees, has become unbearable during rush hour.
The Meon Valley Trail follows one such line in Hampshire, closed to passenger traffic nearly a decade pre-Beeching.
Its traffic nearly tripled, to 487,000 visitors in November from 173,000 in October, according to Media Metrix, which tracks traffic on the Internet.
Palihapitiya told me that Facebook's traffic nearly doubles that of traffic to four big photo-sharing sites combined: Flickr, Photobucket, Shutterfly and Webshots.
The additional online traffic nearly choked out the Brodeurs, who pay a $40 monthly fee for their Internet service, slowing their access until it was practically unusable.
Sitting in traffic nearly triples the risk of suffering a heart attack a short time later, according to a study published last week.
For example, AELjobbank.com, a site for the architectural, engineering and construction industries, saw its traffic nearly triple from December to January.
But if stores have seen traffic nearly come to a halt in recent months, what quality would speak specifically to the sensibility of a fashion-conscious young man?
