That's not what I wanted to say. A cycleway is mandatory if has one of the signs 237, 240 or 241 AND it is parallel to a road. A sign by itself doesn't make a cycleway mandatory.
If you don't like the introduction of a mandatory key. What about a key that expresses the optional use of an cycleway. In that case bicycle=designated could be understood as the standard tag which is used on all cross-country and roadside cycleways and e.g bicycle=optional is used on roadside cycleways that are not mandatory to use. Hubert > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Poole [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Samstag, 28. März 2015 15:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Tagging] RFC - obligatory usage - bicycle=obligatory > > There is no such thing as non mandatory cycleways in Switzerland, > however there is no expectation that I use every possible cycleway in > the country every time I get on a bicycle. > > Naturally the concept of mandatory only makes sense when there is an > alternative road surface nearby that could be used instead. I see no > point in subjecting the whole world to yet another bicycle tag just > because the German legislative decided that it can't count on its > populace turning its brain on. > > Essentially what they are saying: these ways are not mandatory because, > since there is no alternative, you have no choice than to use them. > > Simon _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
