bikeable

adjective

bike·​able ˈbī-kə-bəl 

variants or less commonly bikable

ˈbī-kə-bəl

1

: suitable or fit for biking

America's capital is gaining a reputation as a bikeable city …

—John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 May 2011

At the same time, we are making historic investments in high-speed rail, transit, and walkable, bikeable streets so that people can choose to drive less …

—Ray LaHood, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 19 Apr. 2011

2

: capable of being traversed by biking

… half the working population in the country commutes 5 or fewer miles—an easily bikeable distance—to work.

—Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampshire), 9 May 2008

… the downtown Riverwalk will be bikable, and some change has come, like a bike lane added to busy Nebraska Avenue.

—Sue Carlton, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 17 Sept. 2010

You likely have a few places you frequent that are well within bikable distance.

—Selene Yeager, Ride Your Way Lean, 2010

bikeability

ˌbī-kə-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun

… he wants to make his city a national leader in bikeability.

—Brian Fiske, Bicycling, June 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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