woonerfn.
/ˈvuːnəːf/ Town Planning.
A road in a residential area, in which a variety of traffic-calming measures are employed to create a safer environment.
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1978 Ekistics 45 414/2 The Dutch Woonerf, or residential yard, represents the latest stage in the evolution of the protected neighborhood... The woonerf concept has been developed..in the city of Delft and has now been adopted at the national level by the Netherlands Ministry of Transport and Public Works.
1978 Ekistics 45 418/2 Streets which form an essential part of a local distribution network cannot become woonerven.
1985 City Cyclist (Toronto) Summer 8/2 Changing the world is exemplified by the ‘Woonerfs’ of Holland and Germany. Planners in these countries have literally redesigned the layout of streets in residential areas, mixing up the space used for parking, walking and driving/riding a bicycle. Speed limits are set at 12km/hr.
1986 Oxf. Times 14 Feb. 13/3 (caption) A Woonerf, where planting and parked cars create a quiet ‘living room’ effect rather than a race track.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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