I don't agree, the definition says: --- Use *cycleway*=opposite for situations where cyclists are permitted to travel in both directions on a road which is one-way for normal traffic, in situations where there is no dedicated contra-flow lane marked for cyclists. In practice there is typically a very short section of road, sometimes called a "cycle plug", where cycles are excepted from the no-entry by means of a short lane separated by an island. These roads should normally also be tagged with oneway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:oneway>=yes and also oneway:bicycle <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:oneway:bicycle>=no. Streets like this are common in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. They are rarer in the UK, but are becoming more common due to a recent change in road signage allowing no entry signs qualified with "except cycles". ----
So only when there is a short separate lane for bi-directional traffic, one should use cycleway=opposite. It should never be used in the countries that are mentioned above, where the whole street is bi-directional. I think this is one of the most misused tags in Belgium. regards m On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote: > cycleway=opposite is useful for marking that cyclists may drive in both > direction, \ > but there is no marked contraflow lane (for streets with contraflow lane > there is > cycleway=opposite_lane tag). > > 2014-12-25 20:36 GMT+01:00 Marc Gemis <[email protected]>: > >> I never understood the cycleway=opposite. I would really need a picture >> of a situation where you need it. >> >> IMHO you do not have to use this tag on a oneway street where cyclists >> can drive in both directions, but on their own side. So I think your >> requirement to always add it to a oneway street that allows cyclists in >> both directions is wrong. >> >> regards >> >> m >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Ulrich Lamm <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear mapping and cycling friends >>> >>> as that article is in German, it is questionable, if the international >>> mailig list is a good adress, >>> but in German language, I've found only local mailing lists. >>> >>> As one can hear and read in discussions, and as is visible from the >>> results of mapping, a lot of mappers know very little about the cycling >>> facilities, they map. >>> >>> And the WIki in all, the German Wiki in special, is a bit labyrinthical. >>> Several guidelines are not complete, some describe only one of the serious >>> schemes or even suggest(ed) a scheme that can't be called serious. >>> >>> I've tried to accomplish and harmonize articles, but some people don't >>> like that and reverted them. >>> >>> Now, as subpages of my user page, there are two more exact versions of >>> "DE:Bicycle/Radverkehrsanlagen kartieren": >>> >>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ulamm/DE:Bicycle/Radverkehrsanlagen >>> kartieren/revision from 23 December 2014 >>> is an attempt of a comprehensive explanation of real cycling facilities >>> and a comprehensive presentation of the tagging possibilities. On 25 >>> Dezember I've done some lesser revisions. >>> >>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ulamm/DE:Bicycle/Radverkehrsanlagen >>> kartieren/approach from 24 December 2014 >>> explains the reality of cycling facilities, but on the guidelines only >>> the biggest mistakes are corrected and only the biggest nonsens is deleted. >>> >>> Who refuses to a comprehensive presentation of reality and serious >>> tagging schemes, has to accept the reproach to submit to ways of tagging >>> that inhibit optimal routing and correct rendering. >>> >>> Merry Xmas, >>> Ulrich >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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