noun phrase · neutral

on-street parking

UK/ɒn ˈstriːt ˈpɑːkɪŋ/US/ɑn ˈstriːt ˈpɑrkɪŋ/on·STREET PARK·ing

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Parking vehicles along the side of a road rather than in a separate car park.

Examples

On-street parking is limited near the surgery, so visitors must use the car park.

The council wants to reduce on-street parking to widen pavements.

Residents complained about noisy engines and blocked driveways caused by on-street parking.

Band 8 sentence

To improve pedestrian safety, the council has proposed removing all on-street parking along the shopping boulevard.

Collocations

  • ban on-street parking
  • permit on-street parking
  • limited on-street parking

Word family

parking nounpark (v) verbparked (adj) adjective

Common mistakes

public parkingon-street parking

on street parkingon-street parking

Say it for a higher band

5street parking6public parking7+on-street parking

Synonyms

roadside parking

Easily confused

off-street parking

Some houses have off-street parking behind them.

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