Sorry, the first email sent accidentally. What i meant to say was is that the sign you are talking about used for Cycle only paths? I cycle thousands of miles a year and have never seen one of those in the UK. It appears you have, so i assume they are used in certain localities? It's hard to imagine a cycle path that is not used by pedestrians. Why do you think discouraged would work better than a simple No?
Chris Allotmentcyclist ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Smith <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026, 13:21 Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] foot=* access tagging on signed cycle "only" ways To: Talk Gb <[email protected]> On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 at 05:58, Robert Skedgell (OSM) < [email protected]> wrote: > (Posted to the OSM Community Forum at > > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/foot-access-tagging-on-signed-cycle-only-ways-in-the-uk/141329 > ) > > Where we have highway=cycleway ways explicitly signed as being for > cycles only, tagging of foot access in practice and the wiki are a > little inconsistent. > > The signs used are blue circular regulatory signs, but are not > enforceable in the same way as many other regulatory signs as s.36 RTA > 1988 does not apply. > > Tagging as foot=no conveys the intent, but as it isn’t really a > meaningful prohibition some people remove it or even replace it with a > potentially unhelpful foot=yes. I would like to suggest replacing it > with foot=discouraged and updating the wiki if the UK community are > happy with this. > > The most common sign in use here is, TSRGD diagram 955 “Route for use by > pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial, only (not > intended for pedestrians)”. It is commonly used on dedicated cycle > “only” tracks. > > The other sign used is TSRGD diagram 957 “Route comprising two ways for > use by pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial, only > and by pedestrians only, with those ways separated by a solid white > line, or by physical means”. Where the ways are separated by more than > just paint, they are often mapped as separate ways in OSM. > > What would be the preferred option for the highway=cycleway? > > -- > Robert Skedgell <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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