Multiple-choice cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
When my city announced a “smart” traffic scheme, the press release made it sound as if congestion would vanish overnight. In practice, the sensors were rolled out , and the promised real-time updates often failed to at rush hour. Still, it would be unfair to as mere window-dressing. Over the past month, I’ve watched drivers to the new timings, cyclists edge past queues that used to stretch for miles, and bus journeys routes that were once a lost cause. The bigger question is whether we’re tackling the root of the problem or simply . Technology can nudge behaviour, but it can’t a decade of planning that put cars front and centre. Unless the council with reliable public transport and safer streets, the system may end up being a sticking plaster—impressive on launch day, then quietly sidelined when budgets tighten and attention drifts elsewhere.
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