Short way to travel on foot (6)
I believe the answer is:
stride
'foot' is the definition.
(striding is a kind of footing)
'short way to travel' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'way' becomes 's' (Compass direction - South).
'travel' becomes 'ride' (ride is a kind of travel**).
's'+'to'='sto'
'sto' with its last letter removed is 'st'.
'st'+'ride'='STRIDE'
'on' is the link.
(Other definitions for stride that I've seen before include "style of jazz piano" , "Walk along in direst way" , "Take long paces" , "Move with long steps" , "Extended footstep" .)