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  • While she had been talking to the Seat, Mary had turned off from the local-traffic strip into the unpaved road she had followed the night before, without slowing and apparently without looking.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • He took off and headed for Goddard Field, using the low local-traffic level to avoid entering the control pattern with a flight plan.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • The steel fence separating the high-speed controlway they were on from the uncontrolled local-traffic strip lay about fifty yards to their right but no changeover ramp broke the fence for at least a mile ahead-where it did, there would be, of course, the control tower where they were ordered to undergo inspection.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • He took off and headed for Goddard Field, using the low local-traffic level to avoid entering the control pattern with a flight plan.

    Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958

  • While she had been talking to the Seat, Mary had turned off from the local-traffic strip into the unpaved road she had followed the night before, without slowing and apparently without looking.

    Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958

  • The steel fence separating the high-speed controlway they were on from the uncontrolled local-traffic strip lay about fifty yards to their right but no changeover ramp broke the fence for at least a mile ahead-where it did, there would be, of course, the control tower where they were ordered to undergo inspection.

    Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958

  • Since the creation of the U.S. 70 bypass, however, the roadway is more of a local-traffic artery.

    unknown title 2009

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