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collector lane
DCHP-2 (Oct 2012)
n. — Ontario, Transportation
a road running parallel to the express lanes of a highway, funneling traffic onto and from the main lanes (see Image 1).
Type: 2. Preservation — Although the term is found earlier in the US than in Canada (DARE has "collector highway" with a 1969 quotation), it was adopted quickly here. Collector lane is more frequently used in Canada than the US (Chart 1); the Canadian quotations are generally from Ontario, which is where most of the multi-lane highways in the country are located (Chart 2).
See also COD-2, s.v. "collector" (5), which is marked "Cdn".
See also COD-2, s.v. "collector" (5), which is marked "Cdn".
Quotations
1970
For the period, traffic travelling east across Metro will use the outside collector lane between Bayview and Warden.
Also this morning, a new exit ramp for eastbound traffic to Kennedy Road South will be opened.
1979
The smashed automobile, it was determined later, had hit the median and then, with the driver no longer in control, had swung back across the four express lanes and crashed into the guard rail separating them from the eastbound collector lanes.
1998
Sort of like getting from the collector lanes to the express lanes on the 401 during rush hour in Toronto.
2006
Police officers found the bodies in the westbound collector lanes in east-end Toronto at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday.
2015
Driving on access ramps lets him peer into cars from above as he descends to the merge. Driving on exit ramps lets him get beside drivers who pull out phones at a stoplight. Driving the collector lane through the central Kitchener expressway lets him peer into cars in the express lane. Express drivers are paying no attention to the collector.
References
- DARE
- COD-2
Images
Image 1: Collector lanes merging to Express lanes. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Image: Paulshannon
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 21 Nov. 2015
