greenway

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English

Etymology

green +‎ way

Noun

greenway (plural greenways)

  1. A corridor of undeveloped or park land, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily non-motorized use, such as bicycle paths.
    • 2002 January 27, Tony Kelly, “Nothing to use but your chains”, in The Guardian‎:
      By their nature, railways tend to avoid steep gradients, with the result that these greenways are mostly on level, traffic-free paths, ideal for cycling.
    • 2007 July 27, Robin Finn, “A Serious Obsession With Playgrounds”, in New York Times‎:
      […] that signify her drawn-out efforts to raise the $15 million necessary to open the Gynns Falls Trail, a 14-mile urban greenway in her native Baltimore that took 12 years instead of the three she had predicted.
    • 2008 February 24, Abby Goodnough, “Boston Has High Hopes Now That the Dig Is Done”, in New York Times‎:
      More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.
    • 2019, Jodi A. Hilty, Annika T. H. Keeley, Adina M. Merenlender, William Z. Lidicker Jr, Corridor Ecology, 2nd edition, Island Press, →ISBN, page 99:
      In general, the smaller, more heavily used and less biologically intact greenways, will likely have less biodiversity value compared to larger, more intact greenways with less human activity.

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