greenway

plural greenways · alternative green way

1. A corridor of undeveloped land or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.

   More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.

   2008 February 24, Abby Goodnough, “Boston Has High Hopes Now That the Dig Is Done”, in New York Times

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   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.

   2002 January 27, Tony Kelly, “Nothing to use but your chains”, in The Guardian

   […] 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.

   2007 July 27, Robin Finn, “A Serious Obsession With Playgrounds”, in New York Times

   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.

   2019, Jodi A. Hilty, Annika T. H. Keeley, Adina M. Merenlender, William Z. Lidicker Jr, Corridor Ecology, 2nd edition, Island Press, →ISBN, page 99

   Synonyms: green belt

plural Greenways

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A place name:
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Francis Greenway.
   2. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, south-central Manitoba, Canada.
   3. countableuncountableA community in North Middlesex, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
   4. countableuncountableAn electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
   5. countableuncountableA minor city in Clay County, Arkansas.
   6. countableuncountableA township in Itasca County, Minnesota, named after John Campbell Greenway.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in McPherson County, South Dakota.
   8. countableuncountableA neighbourhood in south-east Washington, D.C..
   9. countableuncountableA hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7033).
   10. countableuncountableA suburban area in Bishops Lydeard parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1629).
   11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Rock parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7470).
   12. countableuncountableA hamlet in Puncheston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0630).
   13. countableuncountableA hamlet in St Nicholas and Bonvilston community, Vale of Glamorgan borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0574).