cycleway

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cycleway 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 But the most impressive engineering feat is that this path is the longest suspended cycleway in the world with areas as high as 16 feet off the ground. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cycleway
Noun
  • Great idea, and maybe consider replacing the rail with tram or trolley service to operate alongside the bikeway and greenway.
    John Q. Gale, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025
  • As part of the project, county officials will construct the Eastern Hillcrest Bikeway, a 1.1-mile series of separated bikeways and buffered bike lanes on Normal Street, University Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Herbert Street, Robinson Avenue and Park Boulevard.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Houthis began targeting dozens of military and commercial vessels shortly after the war in Gaza began late 2023, choking off transit in one of the world's busiest waterways.
    Jackie Northam, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Today, Reilly said, people windsurf on the Potomac River, and about two-thirds of U.S. waterways meet the Clean Water Act's goal to be fishable and swimmable.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 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
  • If Ludwig angina is left untreated, swelling can block breathing airways, which can be fatal.
    Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Medications targeting inflammation are frequently recommended for allergic asthma because inflammation narrows the airways in this condition.1 Common prescription anti-inflammatory therapies include steroids and leukotriene antagonists.
    Daniel More, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Enjoy the views of the canyons below from the rim trail, or take the 2.5-mile loop trail to see canyons one through nine.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Stops along the trail will highlight the surrounding forest, the bordering Mountain Island Lake, the cotton plantation fields and the plantation farmstead and include signs providing information and historical context.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Cycleway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cycleway. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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