greenway

See also: Greenway

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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     […] 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^[3]:

     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.

Translations

corridor of land for recreational use

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: viheryhteys, viherkäytävä, viherväylä
• French: voie verte (fr) f, coulée verte f
• German: Grünzug m (urban planning), grüne Route f (uncommon)
• Italian: strada verde f, greenway f
• Polish: park (pl)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: vía verde f

See also

• rail trail

Further reading

• greenway (landscape) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia