residential streets
Where homes line
Residential streets are roads in neighborhoods where people live, as opposed to commercial districts or industrial areas.
The term often appears in discussions of traffic, safety, or zoning: Speed limits are lower on residential streets, The city banned heavy trucks from residential streets.
It implies a quieter character than major thoroughfares.
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- dead endPassage without outlet
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- curbRaised road margin
fire hydrant · lane · tricycles · sidewalk · sprinklers · kids playing · block party · garage sale · neighborhood watch · porch · welcome mat · fence · property line · zoning laws · picket fences · mailbox · tree · bench
- traffic termsrush hour, traffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, peak hours
- waysway, way in, way out, this way, that way
- street playhopscotch, jump rope, ball games, tag, hide and seek
- Back Roadsback roads, country roads, country lanes, dirt roads, gravel roads
residential streetscommercial districts
Areas for shops, offices
industrial zones · business districts · shopping districts · office parks · civic centers
residential streetsfreeways
Toll-absent highways
highways · expressways · arterial roads · thoroughfares · interstates