On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Stephen Hope <slh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2010/1/7 David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au>: > > On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 10:49 +1000, Stephen Hope wrote: > > >From a quick skim of the wiki, it seems that 'bicycle=yes' means that > > bicycles are allowed on the way, where 'bicycle=designated' means the > > bike has right of way. Bikes have right of way on designated cycle > > paths, but while theyre allowed on (most) roads, they dont have right of > > way. > > This was my basic understanding as well, which is why I get confused > when I see people talking about marking paths with stuff like > bicycle=designated and foot=designated. They can't both have right of > way.
No. bicycle=yes means it's legal for bicycles ("The public has an official, legally-enshrined right of access"). bicycle=designated means it's designated for bicycles ("The way is a preferred/designated route", "has been specially designated (typically by a government) for use by a particular mode (or modes) of transport") - I usually interpret "designated" as "signed", which is an attractive interpretation because it's verifiable. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au