Road diet

A road in Davis, California, with four lanes curb to curb
The same road repainted after a road diet, with two through lanes plus bike lanes and a central left-turn lane

A road diet (also called a lane reduction, road rechannelization or road conversion) is a technique in transportation planning whereby the number and/or the width of travel lanes of the road is reduced, often to achieve a reduction in crash rates.

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