curb cut
noun
variants
or curb ramp
plural curb cuts or curb ramps
1
: a ramp cut into a street curb to provide access (as for wheelchairs or strollers) between a sidewalk and the street
… and only 20 percent of our sidewalks have curb cuts. We are far behind ADA standards.—
Meredith Kurz
Meredith KurzThe project also calls for the replacement of curb ramps at crosswalks around the parking lot and across from it …—Adrian Rodriguez
Adrian Rodriguez2
: a ramp cut into a street curb to provide vehicular access to a driveway or parking space
Dan Gunsteen … is redeveloping the site for a new car wash. The proposal calls for a … vehicular driveway from Main Street utilizing the existing access location and a new full access from 17th Street. The current curb cuts would be closed.—Eric Schelkopf
Eric SchelkopfExamples of curb cut in a Sentence
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The appropriation will pay for costs associated with the curb cuts to access the site, which the Missouri Department of Transportation wanted in place before approving construction of the roundabouts.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Planned road improvements will require new entrance The Wisconsin Department of Transportation currently has plans to improve roads in the area, including closing the existing curb cut into the current site from West Loomis Road.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Accessibility in the real world is more than disabled parking spaces, wheelchair ramps, and curb cuts.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Besides providing seating, the bench program raised funds that resulted in additions including more sidewalk curb cuts for accessibility and the garden kaleidoscopes in the Agriculture-Horticulture building, the foundation’s then-director told the Pioneer Press in 2016.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
The Twinbrook Community Association has worked in recent years on sidewalk improvements, curb cuts and barrier removal to make the neighborhood less car-centric and safer, said Vincent Russo, association president.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
Second, those who can afford compounds may be hoping to avoid paparazzi, and thanks to the onetime auto shop, the private drive has a curb cut — something that can’t be added to landmarked homes.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2023
There are three curb cuts: two on Inwood and one on Park.
—Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
The classic example is curb cuts for people in wheelchairs [that] also help mothers with children pushing strollers or janitors wheeling a heavy trash bin who no longer have to carry it up a bunch of steps.
—Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Planned road improvements will require new entrance The Wisconsin Department of Transportation currently has plans to improve roads in the area, including closing the existing curb cut into the current site from West Loomis Road.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Accessibility in the real world is more than disabled parking spaces, wheelchair ramps, and curb cuts.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Besides providing seating, the bench program raised funds that resulted in additions including more sidewalk curb cuts for accessibility and the garden kaleidoscopes in the Agriculture-Horticulture building, the foundation’s then-director told the Pioneer Press in 2016.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
The Twinbrook Community Association has worked in recent years on sidewalk improvements, curb cuts and barrier removal to make the neighborhood less car-centric and safer, said Vincent Russo, association president.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
Second, those who can afford compounds may be hoping to avoid paparazzi, and thanks to the onetime auto shop, the private drive has a curb cut — something that can’t be added to landmarked homes.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2023
There are three curb cuts: two on Inwood and one on Park.
—Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
The classic example is curb cuts for people in wheelchairs [that] also help mothers with children pushing strollers or janitors wheeling a heavy trash bin who no longer have to carry it up a bunch of steps.
—Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
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“Curb cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curb%20cut. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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