cycleway

noun

cy·​cle·​way ˈsī-kəl-ˌwā How to pronounce cycleway (audio)
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Seven vehicle lanes, a bus lane, two train lines, a footpath, and a cycleway utilize the bridge every day. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Ultimately, the key to making congestion pricing zones both fair and popular is through the provision of alternative modes of transport beyond private vehicles – frequent and low-cost mass transit, and safe cycleways and footpaths. Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Here’s something else notable: this route long dominated by cars was first planned as a cycleway to connect Pasadena and Los Angeles. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023 Traffic there now regularly surpasses London’s busiest cycleways and at its busiest even approaches the numbers of popular cycle routes in Amsterdam. The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023 The cycleway’s right-of-way ended up becoming part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, according to the Arroyo Seco Foundation. Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023 The first section of the cycleway opened in 1900 after a bicycle craze in the 1890s. Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023 But where did the Dutch get the cash to expand the nation’s cycleway network? Carlton Reid, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022 Paris has been preparing 650km of cycleways to help the city gradually open up. The Economist, 31 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cycleway was in 1899

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“Cycleway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cycleway. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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