Meanings
plural road diets
- roadThe reduction of the width or number of lanes of a road, typically to make room for other improvements or for safety reasons.
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Federal transportation officials once heralded road diets for cutting crashes by 19% to 47%, but criteria for an upcoming round of road safety grants say projects aimed at “reducing lane capacity” should be considered “less favorably,” the administration said. […] When University of Iowa researchers surveyed first-responders in Cedar Rapids, their study published last year found no noticeable difference in response time when a road diet was in place.
2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP NewsSynonyms: rechannelization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe reduction of the width or number of lanes of a road, typically to make room for other improvements or for safety reasons.
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