§136‑71.7.  Definitions.

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

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

(2) Bikeway: Athoroughfare suitable for bicycles, and which may  either exist within theright‑of‑way of other modes of transportation, such as highways, oralong a separate and independent corridor.

(3) Department: NorthCarolina Department of Transportation.

(4) Program: NorthCarolina Bicycle and Bikeway Program.

(5) Secretary: TheSecretary of the North Carolina Department of  Transportation. (1973,c. 1447, s. 2; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 1021, s. 1.)