woonerf
noun[C]
geographyspecialized(alsoWoonerf)uk/ˈvuː.nɜːf/us/ˈvuː.nɜː˞f/pluralwoonervenororwoonerfsaroadthat isdesignedwithspecialfeaturestoreducetheamountoftrafficusing it, or to make thetrafficgoslower:
设有减缓车速的设备的道路Woonerf isDutchfor "livingstreet", and refers to a new way ofdesigningstreetsto be people-friendlyopenspaces.Woonerf是荷兰语“活的街道”的意思，指的是将街道设计成方便人们生活的开放空间的一种新方式。
- As Grotenhuis put it "alltrafficparticipantsin a woonerf areconsideredequal, and... thepedestrianis abitmoreequalthan theothers."
- Bylaw, in a Woonerfvehiclesarerestrictedtowalkingpace.
- Theregulationsintroducedin Germany in 1980 forrestrainingtrafficinresidentialroadswere astraighttranslationof thoseadoptedin the Netherlands' Woonerven.
- Crucial to thesuccessof woonerven is themarriageoflawanddesign.
Roads: urban & residential streets
- access road
- adopt
- adopted
- alley
- arterial
- boulevard
- crossing guard
- cul-de-sac
- high street
- lane
- lollipop lady
- parade
- plaza
- Rd
- row
- runnel
- square
- st
- street
- unadopted