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    <p>Quite possibly, though the generic "path" never seems wrong, only
      less useful than a more specific tag.</p>
    <p>But it gets more complicated. I went by the signs on the ground
      (obviously a suitable data source), but I've done some more
      digging, and RoWmaps doesn't have it as a public footpath
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.rowmaps.com/showmap.php?place=Hooton%20Levitt&map=BingOS&lat=53.4171&lon=1.21873&lonew=W">https://www.rowmaps.com/showmap.php?place=Hooton%20Levitt&map=BingOS&lat=53.4171&lon=1.21873&lonew=W</a></p>
    <p>The OS map isn't a permissible source of course, but is really
      unhelpful anyway: at 50k it's a road, but at 25k it's a road,
      unfenced on one side, and with an orange dot signifying an
      off-road bike route. There's a 2nd dot on a connected track at the
      top/south end - I looked briefly for signs at the top but didn't
      have time to survey more thoroughly being only 43km into a 300km
      day of cycling.</p>
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    <p>I guess something has changed recently and not all data has been
      updated<br>
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    <p><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/04/2022 14:16, Tony Shield wrote:<br>
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      <p>Hi Chris</p>
      <p>Could highway=footway be better than highway=path in this
        instance</p>
      <p>Tony<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/04/2022 13:52, Chris Hodges
        wrote:<br>
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        <p>I agree completely, and Heavy Metal Handcyclist was one of
          the accessibility advocates I was thinking of, along with
          riders whose bikes give them mobility while being harder to
          recognise as mobility aids (e.g. <a
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="https://twitter.com/tricyclemayor"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://twitter.com/tricyclemayor</a>
          ). Then there's the gentleman who parked his e-bike outside
          Lidl, unfolded his walking stick, and went off to do his
          shopping as I was loading my bike - he wouldn't be doing much
          pushing.</p>
        <p><br>
        </p>
        <p>I'm an able-bodied bike tourist so my difficulties are mere
          irritations compared to the trouble some people have (pretty
          big irritations when I have to lift it over a gate because the
          gap it's supposed to be pushed through is too tiny and it
          weighs 40kg laden - but irritations nonetheless)<br>
        </p>
        <p>BTW I'm wary of deleting anything myself, let alone deleting
          to replace with another way of recording.</p>
        <p><br>
        </p>
        <p>I had routing issues on Sunday where Komoot had used OSM data
          to route us up something labelled "public footpath" and not
          loking much like it was designed to be ridden (<a
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119859473"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119859473</a>
          is my attempt to fix).  I think<br>
        </p>
        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/04/2022 13:00, Jon Pennycook
          wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="auto">Hello Chris.
            <div dir="auto"><br>
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            <div dir="auto">This is one reason why I disagree with
              people who delete cycleways and replace with a generic
              cycleway=track on the road. The data on dropped kerbs,
              inaccessible barriers, and dismount sections are lost. The
              late Heavy Metal Handcyclist  <a
                href="https://twitter.com/CrippledCyclist"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://twitter.com/CrippledCyclist</a>
              used to post on Twitter on how they would get councils to
              remove such barriers (their cycle was their mobility
              aid). </div>
            <div dir="auto"><br>
            </div>
            <div dir="auto">From my point of view, having my pannier
              bags full of shopping or stuff for my holiday means I
              can't just dismount and push my bike over a raised kerb,
              and getting round narrow gaps in barriers is impossible.
              Similarly, people tagging non-cyclable ways as bicycle=yes
              makes journey planning problematic.</div>
            <div dir="auto"><br>
            </div>
            <div dir="auto">Jon</div>
          </div>
          <br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, 12:51
              Chris Hodges, <<a href="mailto:chris@c-hodges.co.uk"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">chris@c-hodges.co.uk</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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                <p>The editor in this case is clearly wrong, and this is
                  why we have the "dismount" tag, which renderers are
                  free to use/stuff up as they see fit.</p>
                <p><br>
                </p>
                <p>But the main problem here isn't really the user. 
                  It's the planners who designate cycle routes that
                  can't be cycled.  Not all cyclists can dismount and
                  push.  Reading up on accessible cycling recently has
                  been eye-opening<br>
                </p>
                <div>On 19/04/2022 11:12, Jon Pennycook via Talk-GB
                  wrote:<br>
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                    <div>> But I have noticed that a small number of
                      people on OSM don't seem to like cycle infra (or
                      maybe they don't understand it).</div>
                    <div dir="auto"><br>
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                    <div dir="auto">And some people like to put
                      bicycle=yes on things that are convenient for them
                      to cycle on, even when they are clearly private or
                      have Cyclists Dismount signs. </div>
                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                    </div>
                    <div dir="auto">For example, footways with Cyclists
                      Dismount signs, formerly tagged bicycle=dismount,
                      and members of two LCNs and an NCN:-</div>
                    <div dir="auto"><br>
                    </div>
                    <div dir="auto">> <span>Hi the signs are present,
                        but it is a route for cyclists, by customising
                        the drop down you exclude the section from 3rd
                        party systems that use the data. Hence changed
                        to Yes for cycles, as it is regardless of
                        whether ridden or pushed.</span><br>
                      <br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">
                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 18 Apr
                          2022, 07:28 Jon Pennycook, <<a
                            href="mailto:jpennycook@bcs.org.uk"
                            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jpennycook@bcs.org.uk</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">Morning.
                            <div><br>
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                            <div>I think those are two different people
                              - Nathan_A_RF now tends to specialise in
                              edits around Southampton (I think they
                              used some controversial sources for a
                              wider area until last Autumn, according to
                              their Block page), and AR_Mapper
                              specialises in Bracknell and New York.</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>But I have noticed that a small number
                              of people on OSM don't seem to like cycle
                              infra (or maybe they don't understand it).</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Jon</div>
                          </div>
                          <br>
                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 18
                              Apr 2022 at 05:41, Robert Skedgell <<a
                                href="mailto:rob@hubris.org.uk"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rob@hubris.org.uk</a>>
                              wrote:<br>
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                              style="margin:0px 0px 0px
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                              rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The
                              same user added an entirely spurious
                              bicycle=no to a bus gate in <br>
                              Woodham Ferrers. This made cycle routers
                              take the scenic route and <br>
                              turned 300m of shared footway along
                              Ferrers Road into a dead end. There <br>
                              was no source for the "corrections" in
                              this edit. How odd that cycle <br>
                              infra seems to be the common feature in
                              their problematic edits...<br>
                              <br>
                              <a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/93778124"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/93778124</a><br>
                              <br>
                              On 17/04/2022 18:51, Jon Pennycook via
                              Talk-GB wrote:<br>
                              > Thanks Phil - that's very helpful.<br>
                              > <br>
                              > I don't understand what caused them
                              to do this.  It turns out they are <br>
                              > not new - they just have a low edit
                              count and that I've spoken to them <br>
                              > before about cycleways in Bracknell:-<br>
                              > <a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/92601276"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/92601276</a>
                              <br>
                              > <<a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/92601276"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/92601276</a>><br>
                              > <br>
                              > Jon<br>
                              > <br>
                              > On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 18:47, Philip
                              Barnes <<a
                                href="mailto:phil@trigpoint.me.uk"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">phil@trigpoint.me.uk</a>
                              <br>
                              > <mailto:<a
                                href="mailto:phil@trigpoint.me.uk"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">phil@trigpoint.me.uk</a>>>
                              wrote:<br>
                              > <br>
                              >     I believe I have reverted<br>
                              >     it, <a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119825773"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119825773</a><br>
                              >     <<a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119825773"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119825773</a>><br>
                              > <br>
                              >     Phil (trigpoint)<br>
                              > <br>
                              >     On Sun, 2022-04-17 at 18:10
                              +0100, Jon Pennycook via Talk-GB wrote:<br>
                              >      > Hello.<br>
                              >      ><br>
                              >      > A relatively new mapper
                              just deleted a whole load of cycleways in<br>
                              >      > Bracknell that were
                              correctly mapped in<br>
                              >      > <a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119816211"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119816211</a><br>
                              >     <<a
                                href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119816211"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/119816211</a>><br>
                              >      > I wasn't able to use <a
                                href="http://revert.osmz.ru/"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://revert.osmz.ru/</a><br>
                              >     <<a
                                href="http://revert.osmz.ru/"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://revert.osmz.ru/</a>>
                              to revert the change:-<br>
                              >      > Status: too big<br>
                              >      > Error: Would not revert 644
                              changes<br>
                              >      ><br>
                              >      > Could someone assist with
                              the reversion, please?  Or should I
                              contact<br>
                              >      > the DWG for assistance?<br>
                              >      ><br>
                              >      > Jon Pennycook<br>
                              >      >
                              _______________________________________________<br>
                              >      > Talk-GB mailing list<br>
                              >      > <a
                                href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a>
                              <mailto:<a
                                href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
                              >      > <a
                                href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb"
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                              >     <<a
                                href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb"
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                              > <br>
                              > <br>
                              >   
                               _______________________________________________<br>
                              >     Talk-GB mailing list<br>
                              >     <a
                                href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org"
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                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              <mailto:<a
                                href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org"
                                rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
                              >     <a
                                href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb"
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                              >     <<a
                                href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb"
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                              > <br>
                              > <br>
                              >
                              _______________________________________________<br>
                              > Talk-GB mailing list<br>
                              > <a
                                href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org"
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                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
                              > <a
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