That passage should be rewritten. That's certainly not the common practice. I personally tag `highway=cycleway` where bikes significantly outnumber foot traffic, `highway=footway` where foot traffic significantly outnumbers bikes, `highway=path` for the rest. If you need to explicitly disallow bikes or foot you use access tags.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 10:37 AM Jmapb <jm...@gmx.com> wrote: > Hi all, just noticed this passage on the cycleway=* wiki page ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway ): > > > For mapping a separate path (on a separate way) dedicated to cycling > > traffic use highway=cycleway. Foot traffic is restricted on these paths. > > > > * Do not use highway=cycleway on paths for both cyclist and foot > > traffic (such as shared paths). Instead use highway=path with > > bicycle=designated and foot=designated. Add also segregated=yes or > > segregated=no) as applicable. > > * For paths where cycling is not permissible use highway=footway. > > If cycling is permissible even if it is not signed but legally > > permissible on a path, use highway=path (and a combination of the > > segregated key and designated tag as applicable) and not highway=footway. > > (This was added by wiki user Aaronsta last May, with no change > description.) > > Does anyone know if there was a discussion, here or elsewhere, that led > to this change? > > My own impression over the years has been that mappers use > highway=cycleway on anything that primarily for bicycle traffic, and add > access keys for any other permitted traffic. Similarly for > highway=footway. So "highway=cycleway + foot=yes" and "highway=footway + > bicycle=designated" are quite common. Is there a general consensus that > these are better mapped as highway=path? > > If so, we might want to consider standardizing the highway=cycleway and > highway=footway wiki pages with this same rule. And also editing the > highway=path page, which currently says it's not for use in urban > situations. > > Thanks, Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Best Regards, Yaro Shkvorets
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