Air traffic congestion around New York City, which contributes to 48% of all flight delays in the country, remains problematic.
Holiday delays at the nation's airports have become so bad that President Bush took steps to reduce air traffic congestion last week.
Our air traffic congestion is the worst in the world.
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President Bush ordered steps on Thursday to reduce the long delays at airports ahead of the holiday season, hoping to ease air traffic congestion that has increasingly angered travelers and left many passengers stranded at airports.
Certainly when it comes to flight delays, problems unique to specific airlines like plane readiness and crew availability are compounded by factors beyond their control, such as airport mismanagement, air traffic congestion, bad weather and, these days, longer security lines.
However, the ATA also says the FAA plan unfairly ties congestion fees to large airports, even though in some regions (like New York) a substantial portion of the air traffic congestion in the area does not come from large airports.
It is free of air-traffic congestion, has no ban on night flights and has plenty of runway space.
If an airline can claim that a delay was caused by bad weather or air-traffic congestion, then it is not required to provide free lodging or other compensation to passengers.
Campaigners against the plans claimed the "car-centric development" would have a detrimental impact on local businesses on nearby Gloucester Road, air quality and traffic congestion.
The Electric Networked-Vehicle was engineered to "alleviate concerns surrounding traffic congestion, parking availability, air quality and affordability for tomorrow's cities, " and they're also fully capable of transforming this place we call Earth into a next-generation Epcot.
But it will not melt snow, build new runways to ease congestion, make the sun shine or prevent air traffic control strikes or disruptions.
Lots of comments follow to the effect that closing La Guardia would merely send myriad extra passengers to JFK and Newark airports, creating traffic snarl-ups on the roads, reducing passenger choice and perhaps exacerbating congestion in the air.
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