road diet n. the reduction of a roadway’s width or lanes, intended to change traffic patterns. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
road diet n.— «When roads were actually closed, or their capacity severely reduced, 20 per cent to 60 per cent of the former traffic disappears entirely. It isn’t even siphoned off onto other roads. People just travel less. Some experts...
road diet n.— «A study of these “road diets”—the change of a roadway from four lanes to three—shows that four-lane streets with up to 20,000 vehicles per day are candidates for this kind of treatment.» —“Bikeways and...
road diet n.— «DeKalb County says it will convert a section of North Decatur Road from four car lanes to three car and two bicycle lanes, the first “road diet” project of its kind in the metro area.» —“Bicycling Advocate...
road diet n.— «The concept of dropping lanes to improve pedestrian safety, which also tends to benefit street-side businesses, is known as a road diet. Most roads are put on diets when their traffic counts approach 12,000 cars a...
Schmelviser n.— «Thanks to Jonathan Goldstein and Max Wallace authors of the book, “Schmelvis,” a new word is now recognised on the Internet—Schmelvisers! Schmelvisers are those who concentrate on Elvis’s diet,personal life...