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car sewer

car sewer noun: a place made unfriendly or dangerous to non-drivers by cars and car infrastructure.

Noun

car sewer (plural car sewers)

  1. (derogatory, urban studies) A place made unfriendly or dangerous to non-drivers by cars and car infrastructure.
    • The usual reason for making a street one-way is to add capacity -- in other words, to turn it into a car sewer.2003 May 1, Alayne McGregor, “[CfSC] New consultant has outmoded ideas”, in flora.cfsc (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.LNX.4.33.0305011101381.8334-100000@pannier.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca>
    • The Downtown Atlanta Master Plan developed by Central Atlanta Progress, which includes significant community engagement and planning data; it promotes the benefits of converting several of these one-way car sewers, Baker Street included.2019 July 16, Darin Givens, “Despite widespread support, Atlanta mayor vetoes safety improvement for Downtown ‘car sewer’ street”, in ThreadATL

Forms of car sewer

pluralcar sewers

Questions about car sewer

What does car sewer mean?
Car sewer means a place made unfriendly or dangerous to non-drivers by cars and car infrastructure.
What part of speech is car sewer?
Car sewer is a noun.
What is the plural of car sewer?
The plural of car sewer is car sewers.

Words near car sewer in the dictionary

  1. car replacers
  2. car safety seat
  3. car safety seats
  4. car seat
  5. car seats
  6. car sewer
  7. car sewers
  8. car shed
  9. car sheds
  10. car show
  11. car shows

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