boulevard stop
n.— «Many people don’t understand that a signal can be good…in a way that moves traffic through better than a boulevard stop.» —“Final Mayfield approval delayed” by Jocelyn Dong Palo Alto Weekly (California) May 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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