On Aug 19, 2013 1:23 PM, "Tod Fitch" <t...@fitchdesign.com> wrote: > > On Mon, August 19, 2013 11:11 am, yve...@gmail.com wrote: > > Is there a generic term that could include shoulder and verge, 'road-side' > > maybe ? > > In the US it would be shoulder for both: > http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/publications/flexibility/ch06.cfm > > Maybe shoulder=*
I see other documents and signage, particularly in states with a lot of agriculture, refer to hard and soft shoulders, and roads (especially Interstate freeways) can have both simultaneously. Then there's the Californianism of throwing "emergency lane" into the mix to refer to a hard shoulder closed to traffic that would be allowed in other situations, like regular bicycle and foot traffic...
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