The term "shared-use path" is used where cyclists are also able to use the same section of path as pedestrians. In the UK, the term " footpath" is mostly used for paths that do not abut a roadway. " Walkway" is a more comprehensive term that includes stairs, ramps, passageways, and related structures that facilitate the use of a path as well as the sidewalk. " Shared use paths" or "multi-use paths" are available for use by both pedestrians and bicyclists.
In the United States, the term sidewalk is used for the pedestrian path beside a road. The professional, civil engineering and legal term for this in North America is "sidewalk" while in the United Kingdom it is "footway". Many Commonwealth countries use the term "footpath". The term "pavement" is more common in the United Kingdom and other members of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as parts of the Mid-Atlantic United States such as Philadelphia and parts of New Jersey. The term "sidewalk" is preferred in most of North America.
In some places, the same term may also be used for a paved path, trail or footpath that is not next to a road, for example, a path through a park. There may also be a planted strip between the sidewalk and the roadway and between the roadway and the adjacent land. A sidewalk is normally higher than the roadway, and separated from it by a kerb (spelled "curb" in North America). Usually constructed of concrete, pavers, brick, stone, or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians. Raised sidewalk beside a 2000-year-old paved road, Pompeii, ItalyĪ sidewalk ( North American English), pavement ( British English), footpath in Australia, India, New Zealand and Ireland, or footway, is a path along the side of a street, highway, terminals.
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