automobile traffic
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl ˈtræfɪk/
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tráfico de automóviles
- increase in automobile traffic
- reduce automobile traffic
Examples
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The roads are too narrow for bicyclists and automobile traffic.
Blog text (1) -
After 1930, with increased automobile traffic funneling through Denver, the Colfax strip emerged.
Academic text (1992) -
You can find streets like this in some US cities like Boston's Beacon Hill and Charleston neighborhoods, but the vast majority of roads in the US have been built for automobile traffic, and it shows.
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Many piazzas are found in residential areas that are relatively isolated from main streets; instead, these piazzas are situated at the convergence of minor streets in primary residential areas and receive little through automobile traffic.
Academic text (1994) -
The streets of Greenwich Village were strange when I ventured out in mid-afternoon; the usual cacophony of truck, bus, taxi, and private automobile traffic had been silenced.
Academic text (2001) -
The city implemented new traffic signals to improve the flow of automobile traffic during rush hour.
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Long delays were reported as automobile traffic built up on the main highway due to road construction.
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The study analyzed the impact of automobile traffic on air quality in urban areas.
Synonyms
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The movement and flow of vehicles on roads
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Many cars moving on the roads at the same time
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The movement of cars and trucks on roads
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The movement of cars and trucks on roads in an area at one time
The movement of cars on roads
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'automobile traffic' is directly and transparently composed from 'automobile' (cars) + 'traffic' (flow of vehicles), so its meaning — the flow or movement of cars — is immediately derivable from the constituents. This compound follows common noun-noun composition patterns found across languages, so an average B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Automobile traffic shows the simple picture of many automobiles moving together on a road like a river. Since traffic means 'movement' or 'flow', the phrase means the 'flow or movement of cars along roads'.