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home zone, n. Brit. Town Planning.
Brit. |ˌhəʊm ˈzəʊn|, U.S. |ˈˌhoʊm ˈˌzoʊn|
Forms: Also with capital initial(s).
[‹ home n.1 + zone n. Compare woonerf n.]
A residential area in which a variety of traffic-calming measures are employed to create a safer environment for pedestrians. Cf. woonerf n.
1992Daily Mail 6 Aug. 13 Safety first Home zones with a 20mph speed limit..are being proposed by the Transport and Health Study Group. 2000Transport Matters Spring 2/5 The transport blueprint aims to help pedestrians by: cutting traffic speeds near homes using speed humps, road narrowing and 20 mph areas; setting up ‘Homezones’—whole areas where pedestrians come first. 2005Manchester Evening News (Nexis) 15 June 22 It [sc. the housing development] is also likely to be a ‘home zone’ where priority is given to pedestrians and traffic limited to 10mph. |