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carrefours

noun

plural of carrefour

as in intersections

a place where roads meet our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour

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The Road Ahead While many of us have focused on the flash of AVs, the transportation sector has adopted AI tools to create safer, more efficient streets, intersections and interstates.

— Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Others questioned the new emphasis on lettered exits, arguing that street names and intersections can be more useful for tourists and occasional riders.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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Both tracks have plenty of blind corners, are lined with walls, and feature high-speed turns.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Curb cuts — those graded concrete ramps at the edge of sidewalk corners that allow anyone and anything with wheels to glide gently onto the street below — aren’t really the sort of thing most people think about.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

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