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A road that promises speed and delivers a parking lot with a view.
means A divided highway designed for fast, uninterrupted travel, with limited or controlled access points to keep traffic flowing.
from A 20th-century American compound, stitching together 'express' and 'way.' 'Express' traces back through Old French to the Latin 'exprimere,' meaning to press out or make explicit — the same root that gives us trains and deliveries promising speed without stops. A 'way' is simply a road, an ancient Germanic word as old as walking itself. Together they coined a road built for the express purpose of going fast — a promise the rush hour quietly renegotiates.
- no stopping
- Designed to outlaw the very pause we crave
- naming irony
- Express means nothing during rush hour
- induced demand
- More lanes reliably create more traffic
- city scars
- Many carved straight through living neighborhoods
- German origin
- Autobahn pioneered the limited-access highway idea
delhi-mumbai expressway — india's longest expressway at 1,386 km, opened in phases starting 2019
florida's turnpike — major us toll expressway in florida spanning 545 km, opened 1957
shanghai-ningbo expressway — china's high-speed expressway connecting shanghai and ningbo, 160 km, opened 2008
gardiner expressway — toronto's main expressway elevated highway, 18 km, opened 1958