shared use path

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shared use path

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shared + use + path. Coined in the 1990s and popularized by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in its 1999 publication Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities.

noun shared use paths · SUP · shared-use path

A path designed to accommodate multiple non-motorized modes of transport together, typically pedestrians and cyclists.
Similar: multi-use path, multi-use pathway, shared path, shared pathway, shared user path

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Español	camino de uso compartido, senda multiuso, pasil multiusos, calzada de uso mixto

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@misc{shared_use_path_2026,
  title = {shared use path},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shared%20use%20path},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}