noun
1 vehicles going somewhere
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , bumper-to-bumper , busy , congested , heavy , terrible
▪
The ~ was terrible on the way here.
▪ light
▪ fast , fast-flowing
▪ slow-moving
▪ stop-and-go ( AmE )
▪ passing
▪
She waved her arms at the passing ~, pleading for someone to stop.
▪ automobile ( AmE ), lorry ( BrE ), motor , road , truck ( esp. AmE ), vehicle , vehicular
▪ foot , pedestrian
▪ air , airline
▪
an air ~ controller
▪ boat , maritime , river , sea
▪ rail , railroad ( AmE ), railway ( BrE )
▪ freeway ( in the US ), highway ( in the US ), interstate ( in the US ), motorway ( in the UK )
▪ commercial , freight , goods , industrial , passenger
▪ city , city-centre ( BrE ), downtown ( AmE ), local , town-centre ( BrE ), urban
▪ international
▪ commuter , tourist
▪ morning , rush-hour
▪ holiday
▪ oncoming
▪
I stood waiting for a gap in the oncoming ~.
▪ through
▪
Through ~ is directed around the bypass.
▪ northbound , southbound , etc.
▪ inbound , outbound
▪ one-way , two-way
… OF TRAFFIC
▪ stream
VERB + TRAFFIC
▪ generate , increase
▪
Building larger roads could generate more ~.
▪ cut , reduce
▪ slow down
▪ block , disrupt , hold up , obstruct , snarl , stop , tie up
▪
Traffic was held up for six hours by the accident.
▪ control , direct
▪ divert
▪ avoid , beat
▪
We set off early to beat the ~.
▪ navigate
▪
The driver calmly navigated the heavy ~.
▪ watch
TRAFFIC + VERB
▪ build up , thicken ( esp. AmE )
▪
Traffic was already building up as early as 3 p.m.
▪ grow , increase
▪
Traffic has increased by 50% in ten years.
▪ clog sth
▪
Traffic clogs the streets of the city.
▪ thin ( esp. AmE )
▪
Traffic thins noticeably after 9 a.m.
▪ flow , move , speed , travel
▪
The road is being widened to keep ~ moving.
▪ go by , pass
▪ stop
▪ head
▪
We joined the ~ heading north.
▪ roar , rumble
TRAFFIC + NOUN
▪ accident
▪ fatality
▪ hazard
▪
Sheep are a ~ hazard in the hills.
▪ chaos , congestion , delays , disruption , hold-ups , jam , problems , queues ( BrE ), snarl ( esp. AmE )
▪ fumes , pollution
▪ noise
▪ flow , speed
▪
Widening the road would improve ~ flow.
▪ levels , volume
▪ calming ( BrE ), management , restraint , safety
▪ sign , signal
▪ laws , legislation , regulations
▪ court ( AmE )
▪ system
▪ offence/offense ( esp. BrE ), violation ( esp. AmE )
▪ ticket (= an official notice to pay a fine) ( AmE )
▪ camera
▪ stop ( AmE )
▪
The cop was shot during a routine ~ stop.
▪ bollard ( BrE ), circle ( AmE ), cone , island
▪
A ~ island at the junction separates left- and right-turning vehicles.
▪ artery ( formal ), route
▪ lane
▪ information , report , survey , update
▪ cop , officer , police , policeman , warden ( BrE )
▪ engineer , planner ( BrE )
▪ duty
▪
a policeman on ~ duty
PHRASES
▪ the volume of ~
2 messages, signals, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio , telephone
▪ data , voice
▪ network
▪ email , Internet , Net , search-engine , site , Web , website
▪
Our company will help you generate site ~.
▪ targeted
▪
These tips should help you generate more targeted ~ to your website.
▪ real-time
▪ inbound , incoming
▪ outbound , outgoing
VERB + TRAFFIC
▪ boost , build , generate
▪ receive , send
▪ attract , draw
▪ carry
▪ handle , manage
▪ monitor
▪ encrypt
▪ redirect , re-route , route
TRAFFIC + VERB
▪ flow
▪ grow , increase
TRAFFIC + NOUN
▪ pattern
▪ load
▪ capacity
3 illegal buying and selling of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ illegal
▪ arms , drug
▪ international
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in sth
▪
the ~ in arms