My preference is to set motor_vehicle=private and omit the generic access tag, so
highway=track foot=yes bicycle=yes motor_vehicle=private (no access tag set) This makes it clear that authorised motor vehicles (like fire trucks, emergency services, national park rangers etc) can drive on the track and the public can walk and cycle on the track. Potentially stepping up to foot=designated + bicycle=designated if they are signposted as explicitly allowed. Technically access=private + foot=yes + bicycle=yes would mean the same thing, it implies that it's private, except public for walkers and cyclists, but I find that the tagging can be confused as private for everyone, and especially in this case it's public land and public access, just with restrictions for motor_vehicles. Though others in the community have other opinions, it's been discussed a few times, for example at https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/164404229 On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 at 13:14, Darryl Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey All, > > Before I go make a bunch of changes, I just wanted to make sure I'm about > to do the right thing. > > There are a bunch of fire / forest management tracks in the Dandenong > Ranges National Park which are showing up as roads on the mapping software > I use for my walking (CityStrides for those interested). All of these > tracks are all gated from vehicle traffic so I'm working out how to make > them not "roads" without messing up OSM. > > An example of one of these tracks is > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/410016222. This is currently tagged: > > highway=track > foot=yes > bicycle=yes > > Is there any problem of adding access=private to these tracks and leaving > the foot/bicycle tags in place? Is there any reason to *not* do this? > > Thanks > Darryl > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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