clearway criteria on the highway at the stops

English translation: clearway

20:24 May 25, 2004

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English term or phrase: clearway criteria on the highway at the stops

The company enjoys strong partnership relations with local authorities who have invested in the bus stop environment providing refurbished and additional bus shelters, raised kerbs to enable level access to the vehicles and imposing clearway criteria on the highway at the stops.

They are speaking about a special bus service. Does it mean that they must not stop at the toll barrier and pay or has it got any other meaning?

Thanks!

Carmen Cuervo-Arango KudoZ activity Questions: 902 (2 open) (12 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 918 Spain
Local time: 23:10

Selected answer:clearway

Explanation:
In the UK a clearway is a stretch of road where you are not allowed to stop your car or park. (Where a road is not a clearway, even if parking is not permitted, you are allowed to stop for long enough to load or unload goods etc., but on a clearway even this is not permitted.) "Imposing clearway criteria" is just a jargon-speaker's way of saying that other vehicles are not allowed to stop or park near the bus stop, thus leaving the area free for buses to get in and out easily.

A highway is simply a road (don't confuse it with a motorway, and I don't think toll barriers of any sort are involved, unless your text says something about them in another place).

And talking of jargon - who would speak in real life of a "bus stop environment"?

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Armorel Young
Local time: 22:10

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Thank you so much. That is exactly what I needed!

Carmen
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clearway

Armorel Young

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I think it means that structures are to be build so that buses at the stops don't block even ...

Alexander Demyanov

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peer agreement (net): +1

I think it means that structures are to be build so that buses at the stops don't block even ...

Explanation:
a half-lane.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 17:10
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peer agreement (net): +8

clearway

Armorel Young
Local time: 22:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Thank you so much. That is exactly what I needed!

Carmen

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