slip lane
(UK, Australia, transport) A short one-way lane allowing traffic to turn onto the cross street at an intersection without entering the intersection.
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1. Love the naming (sit lane) 2. Another recent slip-to-sit conversion is the former slip lane from Dutch Village to Joe Howe. IMO it looks great and my pic kind of sucks 😅. (Note bench not pictured and they are wor…
Yes!! This one is so good. I love biking on the bike lane there and shouting about how it used to be a slip lane.
At the corner of Sackville St & Brunswick St, a slip lane has become a sit lane (h/t @danp.net for this joke). 3/3
Yes! We need more slip lane to sit lane conversions.
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(UK, Australia, transport) A short one-way lane allowing traffic to turn onto the cross street at an intersection without entering the intersection.
“1. Love the naming (sit lane) 2. Another recent slip-to-sit conversion is the former slip lane from Dutch Village to Joe Howe. IMO it looks great and my pic kind of sucks 😅. (Note bench not pictured and they are working to finish the furnishings atm)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yes!! This one is so good. I love biking on the bike lane there and shouting about how it used to be a slip lane.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“At the corner of Sackville St & Brunswick St, a slip lane has become a sit lane (h/t @danp.net for this joke). 3/3”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yes! We need more slip lane to sit lane conversions.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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