What is the name of the area between a road and an adjacent sidewalk?
This has one of many names depending on the region: Berm, boulevard, boulevard strip, city strip, devil strip, grassplot, lawn strip, long acre, nature strip, neutral ground, parking, parking strip, parkway, planting strip, side strip, terrace, tree belt, tree lawn, verge. See http://www.bartleby.com/61/47/P0074750.html and http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhatdo.html for regional details. Some of these terms also refer to a median or a paved shoulder.