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Reports that the New York Supreme Court barred New York City from permanently closing the 72nd Street exit ramp off the West Side Highway until officials have conducted further studies of its potential impact on the traffic. Approval of the closing by the city's Department of Transportation in January 2005 to accommodate the Trump Place project along the Hudson River on the Upper West Side.

Focuses on traffic jams in Colorado. Topography; Options for highways; Growth in interstate residents.

The article discusses the debates facing New York regarding the application of congestion pricing. Topics mention including London, Stockholm and Singapore who are cited as international models of congestion pricing, proposal of a flat rate for passenger cars and trucks and additional bike lanes, buses and other public transit services.

The article reports on a study conducted by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign that rebuts the claims on the added burdens of fees to the poorer New Yorkers.

This article presents twenty suggestions from readers of "The New York Times" about easing the traffic problems in the Manhattan section of New York City. The suggestions are assessed by traffic experts Jeffrey Zupan of the Regional Plan Association and John Falcocchio of Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York.

The article reports on New York state lawmakers' opposition to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's traffic congestion plan. Bloomberg had organized a media campaign and strategy campaigns with transportation experts to publicize and promote his resolution. Lawmakers called his plan a doomed strategy that did not include input from New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

The article reports that the New York state legislature refused to take action on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to reduce traffic congestion by charging fees to motorists entering certain parts of Manhattan. The legislature's decision meant the city is no longer eligible for $500 million in federal aid. Legislators expressed resentment at Bloomberg's lobbying tactics.

The article discusses the reaction of New York state officials to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's traffic congestion plan. A report from state officials rejects the plan because it places an unfair tax burden on low- and middle-income drivers. Bloomberg is upset that the state officials could cause the city to lose federal money to implement a plan that would improve air quality, ease traffic, and has the support of several environmental groups.

The article reports the public's reactions to New York City's Mayor Bloomberg's plan to charge drivers $8 a day to drive in certain areas of Manhattan during normal business hours in an effort to limit traffic congestion. Bloomberg intends to use the revenues to provide upgrades and improvements to public transportation.

This article reports on traffic in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. About 30 percent to 40 percent of the city's major roads are blocked to protect against car bombs. Officials maintain that about half of the city's traffic lights are operative, however, the author seems to believe that the actual percentage is far lower. The traffic lights run on power supplies that are only available for about a third of the day, and not necessarily during peak traffic hours.

Suggests that summer drivers in the U.S. need strategies for avoiding traffic. Strategy of Rob Golding on Scarsdale, New York, on traveling to the Jersey Shore; Golding's long tradition of travel avoidance; The inevitability of encountering congestion on the way to a weekend vacation; Role of technology in informing drivers about where traffic is tied up and how to get around it; Campaign by Maryland to reduce congestion; How most people are constrained by work schedules; Golding's use of a navigation system; Comments of Chuck Jackson of Maryland, who founded an advocacy group called Citizen Advocates for Safe and Efficient Travel.

Reports on a $135 million project to widen the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. Promise of an additional lane on each side of a congested 17-mile stretch at Toms River by Acting Governor Richard J. Codey; Highlights of the project; Efforts of John F. Lettiere, the transportation commissioner, to widen the New Jersey Turnpike and eliminate tolls one way on the Garden State Parkway; Comments of Codey; Topic of highway construction delays; Reasons for the heavy rush-hour traffic on the Garden State Parkway, which was built to make it easier for tourists to reach shore areas and Atlantic City.

MILAN -- It would seem to go without saying that a measure aimed at reducing traffic in the center of a city would hurt the business of a parking garage there. It would not even seem to be a matter of dispute, much less a court case. Yet in Italy, where obstructionism has been raised to a fine art, few were surprised when an administrative court, the Council of State, upheld a parking garage's right to appeal, and Milan's six-month experiment with a fee designed to reduce traffic congestion hit a brick wall. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As of Sunday afternoon, there were no signs of the traffic Armageddon that many predicted when an extensive construction project closed a lane of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge over the Harlem River. Yet many people who drove from New Jersey for the Yankees game on Sunday said they either had braced for horrendous traffic or did not take any chances and used different routes at least part of the way. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Residents in Beijing rushed to apply for new vehicle licenses under a quota system started Jan. 1 as China's government seeks to ease traffic congestion. In all, 53,549 applications were made on the first day of the year, more than double the number of license plates to be available each month, the Beijing News reported on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A good bet for enjoying Paris sans traffic congestion is to venture out on Sunday, when the city restricts many major thoroughfares to taxis and emergency vehicles, clearing the way for pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic is also down throughout August, when many Parisians are away on vacation. Paris also has nearly 200 miles of dedicated bicycle paths. And through Sept. 30, the Hilton Arc de Triomphe and Hilton Paris La Defense will do their part to encourage more cycling by offering either a guided bicycle tour or a bike rental to any guest who reserves the Go Green package. Nightly rates start at $303 (www.hilton.com). For those more interested in seeing Paris through its art museums, Hotel Jules (www.hoteljules.com), which bills itself as ''bohemian-chic,'' in the Ninth Arrondissement, is including two two-day museum passes for every two nights booked. Museums accessible with the pass, which usually costs 32 euros, include the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, the Rodin and more than 30 others. Rates at the 100-room hotel, above, start at $152. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Paul Ziemer and Pikkam So traveled to Times Square on Sunday from their home in Inwood, at the northern tip of Manhattan, and allowed their 14-month-old son, Benjamin, to do what few New Yorkers have ever done: Walk safely right down the center of Broadway in the middle of the day. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Speaking of traffic-taming measures for Broadway around Times Square and Herald Square, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Thursday, ''The traffic is so terrible and people are getting pushed out into the streets -- the sidewalks can't handle it.'' This is news? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Microsoft on Thursday plans to introduce a Web-based service for driving directions that incorporates complex software models to help users avoid traffic jams. The new service's software technology, called Clearflow, was developed over the last five years by a group of artificial-intelligence researchers at the company's Microsoft Research laboratories. It is an ambitious attempt to apply machine-learning techniques to the problem of traffic congestion. The system is intended to reflect the complex traffic interactions that occur as traffic backs up on freeways and spills over onto city streets. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the likely traffic congestion in the wake of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The New York Police Department has warned that traffic will be badly affected in parts of Manhattan on September 25 and 26, 2007. The department has urged people to use mass transit or to walk.

The article reports on the program of Los Angeles, California leaders to solve traffic congestion problem in the city. Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa promised to design a plan to tow parked cars blocking major roads and study on the possibility to add more bus express lanes.

Reports on the construction of horse trails and assorted facilities in addition to the transportation infrastructure to resolve traffic congestion problems in the U.S.

Interviews Dan Burden, a planning consultant, regarding solutions to traffic congestion. Irrelevance of conventional engineering approach; Significance of paying attention to the intersections; Role of speeding traffic in congestion.

Discloses the plan of the Westchester County officials to open a road that crosses a dam on its reservoir that was closed by New York City after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Closure of the road to protect the city's water supply from terrorist attacks; Traffic congestion and inconvenience caused by the road closure; Officials' plan to open the road in September 2004.

Discusses how delays in agriculture shipments and international trade are a result of freight congestion with the Union Pacific railroad system in Southern California and the Southwest. Efforts of Union Pacific to provide premium service with the use of the United Parcel Service (UPS); How UPS has started to offer a coast-to-coast service that uses high-speed train shipment to Dallas, Atlanta, and New York; Consideration of how Union Pacific and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe oversee and manage the long-distance rail freight traffic.

Reports on the recommendations to improve the traffic congestion problem at Amsterdam Avenue and 181st Street in New York City. Elimination of street parking; Lengthening of walk signals for pedestrians; Creation of a bus lane and relocation of bus stops; Enforcement of block-the-box rules and removal of illegally placed street vendors.

Discusses the traffic study conducted on the square mile of Ozone Park in New York City for the purpose of decongesting the area and prevent sidesweeping of parked vehicles. Proposed one-way traffic solution to the problem; Approval needed by the traffic scheme proposal from community boards.