Italian cities have battled traffic for years.

Mr. Ercolano said employers benefited from mass transportation, too, because people arrive at work more rested if they have not battled traffic for an hour.

Today, Mr. Zaage's ride to the ferry takes 35 to 40 minutes on a city bus that must battle traffic that worsens as the population grows.

When the company got to Manhattan after battling rush-hour traffic, it found Dr. Bartha's building fully engaged in flame and the doctor trapped.

We battled traffic through Uskudar on the Asian shore of the metropolis, but I gave it no heed.

Instead of getting in the car and battling traffic westward, he explained, a person could now hop onto the light rail, get off at Hoboken and take a regular train.

She resigned herself to the iron grip of it as she battled traffic.

Mr. Moreira is an oral surgeon who spends a good portion of his days battling traffic going to hospitals all over this sprawling metropolis.

Finally, he squeezed onto the toll road, battled traffic for miles before the midday commuter clog dropped off and he was sailing.

We battled traffic and ended up roughly in the right place.