Meaning & use

Cyclable

adjective·Academic

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Suitable or safe for riding a bicycle; able to be traveled by bike.

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The city added more cyclable routes to encourage commuters to leave their cars at home.

Not every rural road is cyclable, especially those without paved shoulders.

A note on using this word

Increasingly common in urban planning discussions about bicycle infrastructure, especially in British and European English.

Words with a similar meaning

bike-friendlyrideable

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