I don't think it's more tagging for the renderer as much as it's being more specific(more data) to specify a abstract view: without knowledge of Canadian/Provincial/Municipal laws about biking on sidewalks.
I think Montreal and Gatineau are more enforced as Ottawa it is illegal to bike on the sidewalk, but people are still doing it, but that's beside the point. On Fri., Apr. 3, 2020, 10:18 a.m. Pierre-Léo Bourbonnais via Talk-ca, < talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > Hi! > > I would like to start a discussion on how we should deal with sidewalks > tagged separately, like it is is done in downtown Ottawa and like we are > starting to do in the Montreal region. > > The issue is that by default highway=footway with or without > footway=sidewalk should have an implicit bicycle=no by default according to > this page: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access_restrictions > > However, some osm users told me I should tag them with bicycle=no > everywhere because routing engines use sidewalks for bicycle routing which > is illegal in most part of Canada. > > What are your thoughts on this ? Should we adapt to routing engines or > should routing engines fix the issue themselves? > > Thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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