cycleway

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Recent Examples of cycleway Originally a members-only racing track, it was opened for all cyclists in 1887, and was later extended to become a regular cycleway; it’s still used for this purpose today. Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cycleway
Noun
  • That two-way bikeway now runs south of Speer Boulevard, but advocates have pressed to extend it north toward downtown.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The park will have a new path and bikeways that will connect to the Lance Armstrong Bike Trail.
    Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • The runoff from these surfaces often brings with it pollution that gets into storm drains and eventually ends up in lakes and other local waterways.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The vital waterway, which extends through seven U.S. states and two states in Mexico across its nearly 1,500-mile expanse, is considered sacred by many Indigenous tribes.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That episode led to the diversion of the Turia watercourse, which meant that a large part of the city was spared of these floods.
    Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The flash floods battered regions like Barrio de la Torre in Valencia, where narrow streets became lethal watercourses.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This action creates strong vibrations and airflow resistance, which likely strengthens the muscles of the upper airway, including the throat and soft palate – areas that often collapse during sleep in people with OSA.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Bronchitis is an inflammation of the airways leading into the lungs, and is often caused by a variety of viruses such as the flu virus or COVID.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Hikers dip into shady trails lined with thick brush, a favorite path being the Myakka Canopy Walkway, which offers a rare peek into the ecosystems—both minuscule and massive—within the swampy marshland.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseids and other annual meteor showers occur at the same time every year because Earth intersects with these debris trails at predictable spots along its orbit.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Cycleway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cycleway. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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