noun · academic
traffic management
/ˈtræf.ɪk ˌmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/TRAFFIC MAN·age·ment
the planning and control of traffic to improve flow and safety
Examples
“Effective traffic management can reduce journey times and pollution.”
“The city invested in smart traffic management systems to synchronise signals.”
“Traffic management includes measures like one-way streets and timed signals.”
Band 8 sentence
“Comprehensive traffic management, combining enforcement with infrastructure upgrades, dramatically improved peak-hour flow.”
Collocations
- implement traffic management measures
- traffic management system
- strategies for traffic management
Word family
Common mistakes
manage traffic→traffic management
traffic managing→traffic management
Say it for a higher band
5manage traffic→6traffic control→7+traffic management
Synonyms
traffic control
Easily confused
traffic control
“Traffic control staff directed vehicles during the festival, while longer-term traffic management was planned by the council.”
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