<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Using the tag <span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the tag highway = cycleway indicates </span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">that the route is designated for bicycles only. </span><div><font color="#202122" face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In Victoria, this is hardly the case as most paths are generally signed as shared paths. I’ve yet to come across a dedicated cycle path during my riding. <br></span></font><br><div dir="ltr">regards,<div><br></div><div>Sebastian </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 17 May 2022, at 6:15 pm, Andrew Davidson <theswavu@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On 16/5/22 23:38, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Can I please clarify "using highway=cycleway should only be used where there are signs allowing"?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That is how I've always used it in urban areas.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>This would only apply in NSW/VIC. In other jurisdictions putting up signs has become pointless because you can ride anywhere. In Canberra almost none of the shared path system has explicit signage. I use cycleway to tag "primary" routes and footway for "secondary" routes.</span><br><span></span><br><span>So this would be a cycleway:</span><br><span></span><br><span>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bike_path_in_Dickson%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg/576px-Bike_path_in_Dickson%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg</span><br><span></span><br><span>and this is a footway:</span><br><span></span><br><span>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Footpath_in_Hackett%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg/576px-Footpath_in_Hackett%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Talk-au mailing list</span><br><span>Talk-au@openstreetmap.org</span><br><span>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>