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Meaning of "park-and-ride" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARK-AND-RIDE

park-and-ride  [ˈpɑːkənˈraɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARK-AND-RIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Park-And-Ride is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARK-AND-RIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Park and ride

Park-and-ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people headed to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system, or carpool for the remainder of the journey. The vehicle is stored in the car park during the day and retrieved when the owner returns. Park-and-rides are generally located in the suburbs of metropolitan areas or on the outer edges of large cities. Park-and-ride is abbreviated as "P+R" on road signs, and is also mentioned as P&R in colloquial speech and writing.

Definition of park-and-ride in the English dictionary

The definition of park-and-ride in the dictionary is a transport system designed to encourage drivers to park their cars outside the city and use public transport to travel into the city.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARK-AND-RIDE


arride
əˈraɪd
bride
braɪd
chloride
ˈklɔːraɪd
cried
kraɪd
deep-fried
ˌdiːpˈfraɪd
deride
dɪˈraɪd
dried
draɪd
fluoride
ˈflʊəˌraɪd
fried
fraɪd
hydride
ˈhaɪdraɪd
hydrochloride
ˌhaɪdrəˈklɔːraɪd
McBride
məkˈbraɪd
monoglyceride
ˌmɒnəʊˈɡlɪsəˈraɪd
outride
ˌaʊtˈraɪd
override
ˌəʊvəˈraɪd
park-ride
ˌpɑːkˈraɪd
pride
praɪd
ride
raɪd
stride
straɪd
tried
traɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARK-AND-RIDE

park
park and ride
park bench
park keeper
park ranger
park savanna
park warden
park-ride
parka
parkade
parked
parkee
Parker
Parker Bowles
Parker Morris standard
Parkes
parkette
parkie
parkier
parkiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARK-AND-RIDE

acetic anhydride
anhydride
bike ride
boat ride
borohydride
child bride
cycle ride
disaccharide
East Kilbride
hydrogen chloride
joyride
London pride
monosaccharide
park and ride
polysaccharide
sodium chloride
take for a ride
telluride
trichloride
triglyceride

Synonyms and antonyms of park-and-ride in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «park-and-ride» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARK-AND-RIDE

Find out the translation of park-and-ride to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of park-and-ride from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «park-and-ride» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

停泊及转乘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

park- and-ride
570 millions of speakers

English

park-and-ride
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पार्क और सवारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حديقة و الركوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парк - и - поездка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

park- and-ride
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পার্ক-এবং-যাত্রায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parc -o-bus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taman-dan-naik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Park-and-Ride-System
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パーク·アンド·ライド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공원 및 타고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Park-and-ride
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công viên và đi xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூங்கா மற்றும் சவாரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पार्क आणि राइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dur ve sür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

park -and -ride
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parkuj i jedź
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парк- і - поїздка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

park - and- ride
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

park - and- ride
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

park -en-ry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

park -and- ride
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

park - and- ride
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of park-and-ride

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARK-AND-RIDE»

The term «park-and-ride» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARK-AND-RIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «park-and-ride» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «park-and-ride» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about park-and-ride

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARK-AND-RIDE»

Discover the use of park-and-ride in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to park-and-ride and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incentives and Disincentives for Day Visitors to Park and ...
This service has seen a steady increase in annual ridership, and will further expand in the future with the completion of an off-island park-and-ride transit hub called the Acadia Gateway Center. The facility would serve as a place for day visitors ...
Frank Matthew Holly, 2009
2
International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007: ...
As an effective approach to alleviate traffic congestion, park and ride system becomes an important part of urban transportation system. Accurate forecasting for park and ride demand is the key and foundation of the planning and construction ...
China) International Conference on Transportation Engineering (2nd, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Xia Luo, Yanjun Qiu, Yun Pu, Qiyuan Peng, Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C. P. Wang, 2009
3
Transit-oriented Development in the United States: ...
Replacement parking policies have placed a higher value on the short- term ridership generated from park-and- ride than on the long-term benefits from creating viable communities around stations. The notion of generating riders from TOD to ...
‎2004
4
Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes: Transit ...
It looks at park-and-ride's contribution to ridership in an overall context of stations with unconstrained, constrained, or no parking and with multiple means of station access besides driving and parking. Chapter 3, “Park-and-Ride/Pool,” ...
‎2007
5
The Transit Metropolis: A Global Inquiry
Park-and-Ride Programs Another contributor to rising transit usage in the Munich region has been MW's aggressive campaign to expand park-and-ride facilities. Currently, there are more than 25,000 free park-and-ride spaces near rail ...
Robert Cervero, 1998
6
Environmental Management Handbook
There are three areas where park and ride systems play an important role: • through their effects on town planning; • through their economic effects; and, • through their effects on changes in the modal split. The effects on town planning will ...
Sven-Olof Ryding, 1994
7
Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes
Examples of the reductions in the AM peak-hour scheduled time for buses from park-and-ride lots to downtown Houston include from 45 to 24 minutes from the Addicks park-and-ride lot on the Katy HOV lane, from 40 to 25 minutes from the ...
National Research Council (É.-U.). Transportation Research Board, Richard H. Pratt, United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2003
8
Congressional Record
750,000 Brazos Transit park and ride facility 400,000 Brownsville multimodal facility study 100,000 Capital Metro park and ride 500,000 City of Huntsville buses 500,000 Connection Capital Project for Community Transit Facilities 250,000 El ...
Congress, 2010
9
Parking Policy and Enforcement: Seventh Report of Session ...
Park and Ride 24. Park and Ride schemes offer customers a suitable alternative to in-town parking. When managed effectively, Park and Ride schemes have the potential to alleviate congestion and car-parking pressures in town centres by ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Parliament Transport Committee Great Britain House of Commons, 2006
10
Mathematical Methods on Optimization in Transportation Systems
Chapter. 5. PARK-AND-RIDE. STATION. CATCHMENT. AREAS. IN. METROPOLITAN. RAPID. TRANSIT. SYSTEMS. Juan A. Mesa Departamento de Matemdtica Aplicada II. Universidad de Sevilla. Paseo de los Descubrimienlos s/ n.
Matti Pursula, Jarko Niittymäki, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARK-AND-RIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term park-and-ride is used in the context of the following news items.
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'No wonder Lincoln Castle park and ride failed – no one promoted it'
When I drove down the outer bypass I could only observe one sign informing me where the park-and-ride car park/bus intercharge was. «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
2
Changing traffic patterns at Monroe park-and-ride
MONROE – Traffic patterns at the Monroe park-and-ride are changing to accommodate the 645-car lot's ongoing renovation and expansion. «Times Herald-Record, Jul 15»
3
The Blue Line missing link: park-and-ride
To the editor: Twenty five years of the Blue Line is an achievement, but nary a mention is made of its limited park-and-ride capacity, which ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
Lohegaon airport mulls 'park and ride' facility
In an effort to ease road traffic congestion outside Pune's Lohegaon airport, authorities are mulling a “park-and-ride” facility for passengers who ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Express buses to Miami via I-75 may now leave from Pines
Bowing to opposition from Southwest Ranches and Davie, transportation planners agreed to kill a state plan to put a park-and-ride lot at I-75's ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
Report: Park-and-ride lot would be moved to Wickford Junction
The Providence Journal reported that the DOT is thinking of selling the land that's used as a RIPTA park-and-ride lot at Routes 2 and 102. «Turn to 10, Jul 15»
7
Leeds hosts park-and-ride consultation
Proposals for the Temple Green scheme have been drawn up following the success of an 800-space park-and-ride site which opened last ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
8
Park-and-ride mass transit network could benefit downtown Peoria
“Particularly in light of Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement of a Downtown complex, we could use a park-and-ride network to meet the demand for ... «Peoria Journal Star, Jul 15»
9
Work at park-and-ride lots pleases officials
State Department of Transportation officials earlier this year announced plans to build a 43-slot park-and-ride in Saugerties on state Route 32 ... «The Daily Freeman, Jul 15»
10
Big changes coming to Rockland's large park-and-ride
By the middle of next year, officials said the park-and-ride will have up to 70 more spaces, two electric car charging stations and a new gate that ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»

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