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The term greenway comes from the "green" in green belt and the "way" in parkway. While this would imply that greenways have something in common with both its semantic parents, books and articles on greenways have changed and developed its meaning.^{[citation needed]} Often applied to railroad rights-of-way which fall into disuse and are converted to public use,^[1] greenways are:

• Vegetated
• Linear
• Multi-purpose

Greenways typically take the form of a long-distance path or trail for cyclists, walkers, and riders such as the Trans Canada Trail in Canada, the East Coast Greenway in the United States, the Vías Verdes in Spain, the Gold Coast Oceanway in Australia or the EuroVelo cycle routes and the European Greenways Association routes throughout Europe. Other related terms include

• Cycleway
• Esplanade
• Foreshoreway
• Oceanway
• Riverwalk
• Trail
• Walkway

• Capital Area Greenbelt, a twenty mile greenway connecting neighborhoods, parks and opens spaces in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Carrall Street Greenway, currently under development in Vancouver
• The River Ring, a system of connected greenways encircling St. Louis, Missouri
• East Coast Greenway, a trail being constructed along the Atlantic coast of the United States
• Ohlone Greenway, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Greater Grand Forks Greenway, large public park on the banks of the Red River and Red Lake River in Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota
• The Greenway, foot and cycle path in East London, England
• Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, a circumferential foot and cycle path around Manhattan Island.
• Maryville Alcoa Greenway, an eight mile long foot and cycle path extending from Maryville Intermediate School in Maryville, Tennessee to the end of Springbrook Park in Alcoa, Tennessee
• Midtown Greenway, five-and-a-half mile pedestrian and bicycle path through Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Mountains to Sound Greenway, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 90 between Seattle and Thorp, Washington protected from logging and development
• Rose Kennedy Greenway, a series of parks and open spaces in Boston, Massachusetts
• Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, 50 mile trail in southwestern New Hampshire
• South East London Green Chain, a set of connected parks and open spaces in London, UK
• Gold Coast Oceanway, is a 36km shared use pathway along the ocean beaches of Gold Coast, Queensland.

• Greenbelt
• Landscape architecture
• Landscape planning
• List of municipal parks in the United States
• Park system
• Public park
• Urban park

1. ^ East Boston Greenway

• Smith, Daniel S. & Hellmund, Paul Cawood. (1993) Ecology of Greenways: Design and Function of Linear Conservation Areas. University of Minnesota Press
• Fabos, Julius Gy. and Ahern, Jack (Eds.) (1995) Greenways: The Beginning of an International Movement, Elsevier Press
• Little, Charles E. Greenways for America (1990) Johns Hopkins University Press

• UK government agency website on greenways
• Essay on greenway planning and design
• European Greenways Association
• Vías Verdes in

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