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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/04/2024 15:19, Peter Neale via
Tagging wrote:<br>
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local Public Bridleway has a few (3, 4 or 5 from Aerial imagery)
steps going down before it passes under a road bridge, and a
similar number up again on the other side.
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">How can I best tag this?
According to the wiki, "highway=steps" seems to be *an
alternative to*, not *a qualification of *
"highway=bridleway". I don't want to mislead consumers by
breaking the bridleway, but I don't want cycling consumers to
be unaware of the fact that there are a few steps to descend /
ascend, which may require a dismount.</div>
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<p>Assuming we're talking about something that's signed as a "Public
Bridleway" in England and Wales*, then at the most basic level
there are two tags to consider:</p>
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<li>highway=steps</li>
<li>designation=public_bridleway</li>
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<p>The first of those says that there are some steps. There's no
other way of doing that; there are steps, so highway=steps it is.
There are of course lots of other tags that can add information to
the physical steps (how many, which way is up, is there a bicycle
ramp, etc.)</p>
<p>The second of those covers the legal "this is a public bridleway"
part, as per
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:designation=public%20bridleway?uselang=en-GB">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:designation=public%20bridleway?uselang=en-GB</a>
. You can also add "foot", "horse" and "bicycle" tags too as a
helper to data consumers that may not understand "designation".<br>
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<p>There are plenty of designated bridleways with steps on them -
see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1KNx">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1KNx</a> .</p>
<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>Andy</p>
<p>* for Scotland see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland</a>
and for Northern Ireland see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland</a>
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