§136-71.7. Definitions

As used in this Article, except where the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and expressions defined in this section shall be held to have the meanings here given to them:

(1)        Bicycle: A nonmotorized vehicle with two or three wheels tandem, a steering handle, one or two saddle seats, and pedals by which the vehicle is propelled.

(2)        Bikeway: A thoroughfare suitable for bicycles, and which may  either exist within the right-of-way of other modes of transportation, such as highways, or along a separate and independent corridor.

(3)        Department: North Carolina Department of Transportation.

(4)        Program: North Carolina Bicycle and Bikeway Program.

(5)        Secretary: The Secretary of the North Carolina Department of  Transportation.

(1973, c. 1447, s. 2; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 1021, s. 1.)