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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / urban planning | | French term or phrase: en site propre | "priorité aux transports urbains aériens ou souterrains en site propre plutot qu'aux transports en commun de surface"
Il s'agit des orientations à donner aux infrastructure urbaines dans les pays en développement. |
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| | segregated (public) transport network/corridors | Explanation:
This is the correct term for bus and tram lines 'en site propre' and, as Bourth say, is not generally used in the sense indicated in the text so you just explain that it is a dedicated space/site or whatever else you choose to describe it |
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suezen
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| Grading comment I will probably end up leaving it out in this instance, but the expression is used again in the text. Thanks! And thanks to other answerers too.
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9 mins confidence:   "dedicated for use by" the new subway line rather than for ...
Explanation:
road, lane, route reserved for a specific use, generally in the context of mass transit
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-11-08 05:50:26 GMT)
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You could also try "right of way"; hard for me to know without seeing a sentence or two...
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 exclusive/dedicated right-of-way
Explanation:
Either of these two options would be OK. They don't apply exclusively to "transports ... aériens ou souterrains", but then neither does "en site propre".
Reference: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Rail/rail_terms.cfm
Reference: http://pubsindex.trb.org/document/view/default.asp?lbid=2957...
| David Sirett
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4 hrs confidence: skip it
Explanation:
Properly used, "en site propre" is proper to "les transports en commun de surface", especially buses and trams when they have their own lanes which are not shared with other forms of traffic (cars, bikes, etc.).
Overhead transport (special roads or tracks on viaducts etc.) and especially underground transport (metro) is necessarily "en site propre" (unless you consider The Italian Job).
I say "necessarily" .... Until further notice, that is. Apart from metro tunnels, I am not aware of any tunnels anywhere dedicated exclusively to urban public transport (e.g. buses). Similarly, if special overhead circuits are set up for buses, the whole point would be not to share them with other traffic.
If, however, "en site propre" has to be included to reinforce the "dedicated" notion, then I would enter it parenthetically, introduced by "i.e.".
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Asker: I tend to agree with your comments but will check it with the authors. Many thanks for your straight thinking.
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6 hrs confidence: segregated (public) transport network/corridors
Explanation:
This is the correct term for bus and tram lines 'en site propre' and, as Bourth say, is not generally used in the sense indicated in the text so you just explain that it is a dedicated space/site or whatever else you choose to describe it
| suezen
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| | Grading comment | I will probably end up leaving it out in this instance, but the expression is used again in the text. Thanks! And thanks to other answerers too. |
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