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A sidewalk (American English) – also known as a footpath, footway or pavement in Australian, New Zealand, Irish English, and British English – is a path along the side of a road. A sidewalk may accommodate moderate changes in grade (height) and is normally separated from the vehicular section by a ''curb''. There may also be a median strip, or road verge (a strip of vegetation, grass or bushes or trees or a combination of these, referred to as either a ''verge'' or a ''nature strip'' in Australia, and as an ''island'' in parts of the United States) either between the sidewalk and the roadway or between the sidewalk and the boundary. 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. ==Terminology== The term sidewalk is usually preferred in North America, along with many other countries worldwide that are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations. The term pavement is used in the United Kingdom as opposed to sidewalk, whereas other Commonwealth of Nations countries use the term footpath. The professional, civil engineering and legal term for this in America is sidewalk while in the United Kingdom it is footway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highways Act 1980 - Interpretation Section 329 )〕 In the United States, the term sidewalk is used for the pedestrian path beside a road. Shared use path or multi-use path are available for use by both pedestrians and bicyclists.〔(Shared-use paths, U.S. Department of Administration )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Walkway )〕 In the UK, the term footpath is mostly used for paths that do not abut a roadway. The term shared-use path is used where cyclists are also able to use the same section of path as pedestrians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highways Act 1980 - Interpretation Section 329 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「sidewalk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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