Use_sidepath was invented to solve the *routing* problem of compulsory *separate* cycle paths. Usage of use_sidepath together with highway=*+cycleway=* was hotly discussed after the proposal got accepted.[1]
The question is: Are there somewhere on this world non-compulsory cycle lanes (cycleway=lane)? If yes, we have two possibilities: 1. use_sidepath/-lane First use_sidelane has to invented for cycleway=lane. Afterwards it's technically not difficult to define: "A highway with bicycle=use_sidepath/-lane and with tag cycleway=track/lane does mean the track/lane is compulsory". But this looks odd. Also very important is :lanes tagging, which is the advanced way of tagging a cycle lane: bicycle:lanes=use_sidelane|use_sidelane|designated looks good and allows using one lane for turning. 2. bicycle:obligatory[2] The obligatory suffix proposal is by me. A highway with cycleway=track/lane and cycleway:bicycle:obligatory=yes looks very natural. Lanes tagging looks also good: bicycle:obligatory:lanes=||yes. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:bicycle%3Duse_sidepath#bicycle.3Duse_sidepath_only_if_the_cycleway_is_a_separate_highway_.28like_highway.3Dcycleway.29 [2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Obligatory_access_suffix#Rationale _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
