On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 11:54 AM Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: > However, around me there is a convention that any > dirt/unimproved/in-the-woods sort of thing is path, and > in-town/paved/manicured sorts of are highway=footway.
I started tagging trails as 'path' - and found that the locals immediately changed them to 'footway' or 'cycleway' except for shared paths. 'surface' and 'smoothness' are better ways to disambiguate whether we're talking about a rocky singletrack or an asphalt rail-trail. > I am mildly curious how many places there are in mountain bike trails > that prohibit hikers. Around me, every trail that is open at all is > open to hiking, and some are open to bicycles and horses, some aren't. > (Additionally some are closed to bicyles and horses when wet.) As I said in my earlier post, there are some around here that are specifically posted for MTB use. I don't think hiking on them is exactly prohibited, but it's surely discouraged. Obviously, you won't get a ticket for hiking out with a disabled bike or whatever, but you really shouldn't plan to go hiking there. A number of those trails are designated for x-c ski in the winter, and hiking on ski tracks would be extremely inconsiderate, whether it's lawful or not. -- 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
