On 07/10/2013 21:42, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
dieterdreist wrote:
bicycle=no indicates that you cannot (legally) ride your bicycle there.
If you dismount and push you become a pedestrian, so you are not
riding a bicycle and bicycle=no has no effect on you.
That may not be the case in the UK.
The law allows walkers and their "usual accompaniments" along public
footpaths. It's generally agreed that (for example) a car is not a "usual
accompaniment", so you can't push a car along a public footpath. It is
unclear whether or not a bike is. CTC (the Cyclists' Touring Club) thinks it
is, many local councils disagree.
That said, for routing purposes in the UK, I treat bicycle=no the same as
bicycle=dismount, because in reality the tag is often used on paths where
cycling is tolerated.
At least in the Netherlands you have to distinguish between bicycle=no
and bicycle=dismount. Some pedestrian streets are explicitly signed with
no bicycle pushing. In other words you may not bring your bicycle here.
Thus you need bicycle=no in its strict interpretation.
In other situations bicycle=dismount is useful for routing as already
mentioned. One good example is steps having a groove along the side
intended for bicycle pushing. Routers would probably not suggest steps
as routable for bicycles unless you indicate that fact.
Ole
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