road widening
Street capacity increase
Road widening is the process of expanding a road's width, typically to accommodate more traffic lanes or add features like turn lanes and bike paths.
The term often appears in local planning debates, where proposed road widening projects generate controversy over property acquisition, environmental impact, and whether wider roads actually reduce congestion: The road widening project will require demolishing several historic buildings.
- turning laneLane for directional changes
- bike laneRoad section for cyclists
- trafficMovement along routes
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
construction · asphalt · bulldozer · pavement · congestion · highway · median · curb · demolition · eminent domain · detour · jackhammer · gravel · surveyor · property line · right of way · sidewalk · commute
- infrastructurehighways, railway expansion, power grid, seaports, water supply
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- transitbus, subway, train, metro, light rail
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, motorway
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
road wideningpedestrianization
Removing vehicles from streets
traffic calming · car-free zones · transit-oriented development
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