The phrase "a steady path to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent and reliable way to achieve a goal or destination.
Example: "The organization has developed a steady path to success through careful planning and execution."
Alternatives: "a reliable route to" or "a consistent way to".
Officials from the Obama administration have been beating a steady path to China's door to talk about climate change.
And today he will convene a meeting with investors at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., at which analysts hope he will assure them he can reverse the company's sharp decline in revenues and find a steady path to growth in the harsh environment after the Internet apocalypse.
[C3.] A Test for Yahoo's Chief Executive Terry Semel, the longtime co-head of the Warner Brothers studio who was named chief executive of Yahoo seven months ago, will convene a meeting with investors today at which analysts hope he will assure them he can reverse the company's sharp decline in revenue and find a steady path to growth in the harsh Internet environment.
That could translate into either much smaller batteries or a much longer period between charges.Kent may be the first to deliver a consumer display, but E Ink has a highly visible product in the marketplace and seems to be beating a steady path to the ultimate goal of producing a real digital alternative to the book, magazine or newspaper.
Since then, Darden stock has beat a steady path to its all-time high, lifted by a general explosion in restaurant valuations.
In short -- financial services that don't usually offer a steady path to getting out of poverty.
Columnist Gail Collins goes so far as to compare it to the slow but steady path to victory of the civil rights movement.
The alternative could be worse, Goldberg said: "The collapse of negotiations could move Iran and the west quickly towards confrontation that could end in disaster, and could set Iran on the fast and steady path to the nuclear threshold.
Not a rollercoaster ride, but a steady path back to prosperity".
The jet stream, a massive but mysterious driver of our weather, usually passes along a steady path from West to East across the Atlantic - sometimes a bit to the North of us, sometimes a bit to the South.
It will also be an indication of whether this unusual new prime minister really is the person to return Thailand to a steady path.
