cycleway

noun

cy·​cle·​way ˈsī-kəl-ˌwā How to pronounce cycleway (audio)
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The existing cycleway was the the REV Saint-Denis/Berri/Lajeunesse cycleway. Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 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

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 9 Sep. 2025.

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