On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 20:03, <[email protected]> wrote:
> The only other difference was a general ambivalence on how shared paths > are tagged. The wiki says highway=cycleway & foot=designated, people here > were also happy with highway=footway & bicycle=designated. Two sides of the > same coin I guess, and depends on which camp you're in. 😊 > > > > Personally, I use both of these for shared paths depending if I consider > them more or less suitable for cycling (primarily based on width). > > highway=cycleway > foot=designated > segregated=no > > > > and > > > > highway=footway > bicycle=designated > segregated=no > > > > both adequately describe a shared path IMO, but I would expect a > “cycleway” to be wider and generally more suitable for cycling than a > footway. They do render differently, and I would expect a bicycle router to > give shared path cycleways some preference over shared path footways. > Same here. My rule of thumb is when it's a footpath (ie. footway=sidewalk, it's running along the edge of a street) shared path I'd use highway=footway, and when it's not a footpath (not footway=sidewalk) then highway=cycleway. But I wouldn't say that's applied widely in OSM data. But because highway=cycleway and highway=footway are a bit interchangeable for shared paths I'll also add both foot=designated and bicycle=designated so that if the highway tag is changed at least both access are clear.
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