Traffic in Dubai is still nightmarish by most standards, but it is starting to lighten as foreign professionals leave the country amid layoffs and cancelled or halted construction projects. “There is no question that Dubai has slowed down,” says one American architect working in the region. “Everyone is seeing the impacts of the global crisis now.” Photo: Michael Goodman/ENR Slowing down: A transportation hub being built in 2006 in a Dubai traffic circle. Related Links: Destination Dubai: The Mideast’s Boom So dramatically has the crisis hit in the United Arab Emirate that new urban legends have sprouted, replacing previous tales