unclogging

Oh, yes, minor unclogging, but only as a consequence of getting the disease itself under control.

When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed last year that New York look into congestion pricing as a means of unclogging the city's famously clogged roadways, he was roundly criticized.

Verizon has proposed using network topology information to facilitate more efficient P2P communication, a solution that researchers believe will be less costly and more effective at unclogging the tubes than invasive traffic management practices that rely on deep packet inspection.

According to the measurements contained in the Mayor's Management Report released yesterday, the city continues to follow a trend of becoming cleaner, safer and more responsive to the everyday needs of its residents - from unclogging catch basins to pruning the trees in the parks.