Communication system

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I am wondering if it is possible to use this expression (communication system) when referring to arrangement of roads/streets/crossroads in a city, or is it just for radio and human communication? If not, what is the correct expression?

Thank you.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

It's possible to say that one system of roads communicates with another, but to describe a system of roads as a communication system would not be understood, I'm afraid.

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks a lot.

So, can I then say that 'a roundabout is being built in order to facilitate the city's road system' instead of the wrong guess i had 'communication system"?

Avangi · Answer

AnonymousSo, can I then say that 'a roundabout is being built in order to facilitate the city's road system'

I'd say the term is okay here, but without context, this strikes me as a mismatch in scope.

You're saying that one lowly roundabout facilitates an entire system. That might be possible, but it would really take some context to explain what you mean. (A very small door can conceivably be the only access to a very large room.)

Roundabouts are being built to facilitate the city's road system.

They (plural) make the whole system more "usable."

This works, without question.

- A.

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymousa roundabout is being built in order to facilitate the city's road system

facilitate doesn't easily take a noun that represents concrete things. Not even transportation infrastructure, which is closer to what you're looking for, can be 'facilitated'. You can facilitate traffic flow, however. I suggest something like this:

A roundabout is being built (in order) to [facilitate / improve] [traffic flow / the flow of traffic] in the city.

CJ

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