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Curb Management Glossary

202 terms in English and French explaining street-edge uses, rules and data. 165 linked term pages include a definition, a practical explanation and sources.

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Inclusive consultation

Concertation inclusive

Inclusive consultation is a participation process designed to include people whose street-access needs may be missed by conventional meetings or surveys. It uses suitable formats, languages, locations, and support to gather evidence about curb decisions, while documenting whose experiences are represented and whose remain insufficiently understood.

Sensing and privacy

Inductive loop detector

Boucle inductive

Inductive loop detector is a vehicle detector using an electrically energized loop in or beneath the pavement to sense changes caused by nearby metal. Its performance depends on loop geometry, installation, tuning, and maintenance, and pavement works can affect its reliability or require coordination before resurfacing a street.

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