Urban Planning & Zoning Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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naked road n. Exhibition Road in Kensington could be the showcase for the “naked road” experiment—pioneered in Holland. Organisers say the idea works as a form of psychological traffic calming which encourages drivers to be more considerate to pedestrians. [English Automobiles & Transportation Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Nov. 22, 2006)

neckdown n. At their best, Greenstreets—the pint-sized green spaces that Parks began planting in 1996—have served as modest traffic-calming measures, displacing asphalt with patches of greenery that send cues to slow down. The new breed goes a few steps further: They combine advanced stormwater capture techniques with more overt traffic-calming devices, like neckdowns and bulb-outs. [English Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Feb. 15, 2008)

neckout n. Bottleneck roads are prime candidates for road rage. I have no idea who designed roads that lose lanes, but they had better go back to the drawing board. Traffic neckouts, as they’re called, will not improve our road problems; they will only make them worse. [English Automobiles & Transportation Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Jan. 16, 2007)

NIABY n. “We’re not just NIMBY about wind energy,” Mollet said, referring to the “not in my backyard” acronym. “We’re NIABY—not in anybody’s backyard.” [English Urban Planning & Zoning Acronym] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2006)

NORC n. Another important development in the CB10 area is the aging of the population of Co-op City, which Kearns says is New York State’s largest housing cooperative. According to Kearns, that population is forming what’s known as a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community” or NORC. As a result, it’s eligible for state funding to provide services for older residents living there. Those services allow older residents to continue living there. A lack of these services was forcing older residents to leave the area. [English Houses & Housing Urban Planning & Zoning Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 2, 2007)

parkitecture n. It’s the first example of what came to be called “parkitecture.” That means it’s designed to blend in with its surroundings, made almost entirely of logs and stones obtained locally at Yellowstone. [English Architecture Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (May. 17, 2004)

ragtown n. Ragtown. Camp in which oild field workers live. [English Architecture Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

ragtown n. Ragtown. Tent town in an oil field. [English Architecture Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

railbanking n. The rail trail movement started as a grassroots effort in the 1960s but really picked up steam with the amendment of the National Trail Systems Act in 1983 to allow a process called “railbanking” to begin. [English Automobiles & Transportation Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2006)

root shock n. Residents say they do miss having a neighborhood with familiar faces to greet, familiar foods to eat, and no fear of being forced out of their homes. It was Dr. Mindy Fullilove, a professor of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University, who called the feeling “root shock” because, she said, its effects are similar to what happens to uprooted plants. She describes it as “the pain of losing one’s beloved neighborhood.” [English Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Jun. 13, 2008)

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