On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 06:22 -0800, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Someoneelse wrote: > > o Instead of the mixture of highway=cycleway, highway=path > > and highway=track that exists currently, replace with > > highway=track throughout (it's all wide enough for the trail > > maintenance folks' Land Rovers) > > To my mind, the "duck tagging" principle means that highway=cycleway is more > appropriate. It quacks like a shared-use cycleway so we should tag it as > one, unlike a track that is (say) regularly used by forestry traffic or > agricultural vehicles. There are lots of 'rail trails' around Britain that > are tagged as highway=cycleway and it would seem a shame to depart from > established practice. > +1 I have walked the Monsal Trail many times, and cycleway does seem to me the way it should be tagged. Maybe add horse=yes if appropriate.
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