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Term of the Road Dictionary

park and ride

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Sustainable Transport
  • Definition : Combined journey including changing of travel mode from private car to public transport or vice versa during a single journey, made easy for the user by appropriate parking facilities and information [NVF-ITS].
  • Abbreviation : P&R, P+R
  • Synonyms : park-and-ride system

Park-and-Ride-System

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Nachhaltiger Transport
  • Definition : System zur Ermöglichung und Erleichterung des Wechselns vom Individualverkehr zum öffentlichen Verkehr auf einer Reise.

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