Editing Trail (section)

==Usage==
In Australia, the term track can be used interchangeably with trail or walk, and can refer to anything from a [[dirt road]] to an unpaved [[footpath|pedestrian path]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australia.com/en-ca/things-to-do/walks-and-hikes/australias-top-hiking-trails.html|title=Australia's Top Hiking Trails|publisher=Australia.com|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027003406/https://www.australia.com/en-ca/things-to-do/walks-and-hikes/australias-top-hiking-trails.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Rain Forest in KLIA.jpg|left|thumb|alt=Photograph of a wooden walkway in a jungle with two people observing a waterfall|Jungle trail inside KLIA Airport]]
In New Zealand, the terms track or [[walkway]] are used almost exclusively except when referring to [[cross-country skiing]]: "walkways vary enormously in nature, from short urban strolls, to moderate coastal locations, to challenging tramps [hikes] in the high country [mountains]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/getting-involved/nz-conservation-authority-and-boards/nz-conservation-authority/007-nz-walkway-system.pdf|title=Government of New Zealand|access-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231107/http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/getting-involved/nz-conservation-authority-and-boards/nz-conservation-authority/007-nz-walkway-system.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Walkway is used similarly in [[St. John's, Newfoundland]], Canada, where the "[[Grand Concourse (St. John's)|Grand Concourse]]", is an integrated walkway system.<ref name=GrandConcourse>{{cite web|url=https://www.grandconcourse.ca/|title=Grand Concourse|publisher=Grand Concourse Authority|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204062338/https://www.grandconcourse.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, the term trail is in common usage. Longer distance walking routes, and government-promoted long-distance paths, collectively known as [[National Trails]], are also frequently called ways as in the [[Pennine Way]] and [[South Downs Way]]. Generally, the term footpath is preferred for pedestrian routes, including long-distance trails, and is used for urban paths and sometimes in place of [[sidewalk|pavement]]. Track is used for wider paths (wide enough for vehicles), often used for hiking. The terms [[bridleway]], [[Rights of way in England and Wales|byway]], [[restricted byway]] are all recognised legal terms and to a greater or lesser extent in general usage.

The increased popularity of [[mountain biking]] has led to a proliferation of mountain bike trails in many countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imbacanada.com/demographics-of-mountain-biking/|title=Demographics of Mountain Biking|publisher=IMBA Canada|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130200248/https://imbacanada.com/demographics-of-mountain-biking/|url-status=live}}</ref> Often these will be grouped to form larger complexes, known as trail centers.

In the early years of the 20th&nbsp;century, the term [[auto trail]] was used for a marked highway route,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040304053651/http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/trails/intro.html|archive-date=4 March 2004|url=http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/trails/intro.html|work=North American Auto Trails|title=Introduction}}</ref> and trail is now used to designate routes, including highway routes, designated for tourist interest like the [[Cabot Trail]], Nova Scotia, Canada and the [[Quilt Trail]]s in the US. The term trail has been used by developers and urban planners for a variety of modern paved [[roads]], highways, and [[boulevards]], in these countries, and some highways continue to be officially called a trail, such as the Susquehanna Trail in Pennsylvania, a designation that varies from a two-lane road to a four-lane freeway. An unusual use of the term is in the Canadian province of [[Alberta]], which has multi-lane [[freeways]] called trails.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roadreports.ama.ab.ca/highways|publisher=AMA|title=Road Reports|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025057/https://roadreports.ama.ab.ca/highways|url-status=live}}</ref>