bicycle path

noun

1. a path, as one alongside a roadway, for the use of bicyclists.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bicycle path¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

As the New York Times notes, “In the case of Sayfullo Saipov, Mr. Garland denied the defense’s request to drop the pursuit of the death penalty if the trial ended in a conviction. After the conviction of Mr. Saipov, who in 2017 drove a pickup truck down a Manhattan bicycle path, killing eight people, a jury deadlocked on the death penalty, returning a sentence of life in prison.”

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Video circulated online showed a pick-up truck that had mounted a pavement near a mall and jutted into a bicycle path.

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On Monday, an exploratory event will allow bicyclists to preview the upcoming ArroyoFest and explore the Arroyo Seco bicycle path, though it won’t allow riders onto the freeway.

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The building measures pollution from the traffic zooming by, a stone's throw from a bicycle path and a marina.

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On Karangahape Road, a main thoroughfare, water gushed down the road and along the bicycle path, she said, making its way into bars and restaurants through windows and under doorways, as workers tried to flush it out with squeegees and mops.

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