On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 9:37 AM Jmapb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, just noticed this passage on the cycleway=* wiki page ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway ): > > > For mapping a separate path (on a separate way) dedicated to cycling > > traffic use highway=cycleway. Foot traffic is restricted on these paths. > > > > * Do not use highway=cycleway on paths for both cyclist and foot > > traffic (such as shared paths). Instead use highway=path with > > bicycle=designated and foot=designated. Add also segregated=yes or > > segregated=no) as applicable. > > * For paths where cycling is not permissible use highway=footway. > > If cycling is permissible even if it is not signed but legally > > permissible on a path, use highway=path (and a combination of the > > segregated key and designated tag as applicable) and not highway=footway. > > (This was added by wiki user Aaronsta last May, with no change > description.) > > Does anyone know if there was a discussion, here or elsewhere, that led > to this change? > > My own impression over the years has been that mappers use > highway=cycleway on anything that primarily for bicycle traffic, and add > access keys for any other permitted traffic. Similarly for > highway=footway. So "highway=cycleway + foot=yes" and "highway=footway + > bicycle=designated" are quite common. Is there a general consensus that > these are better mapped as highway=path? >
No, this is also my take. In North America, I'm generally inclined to go with highway=cycleway if it has formally marked lanes and highway=path if it doesn't, and explicitly tag access on both.
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