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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So a public footpath which the council has converted into a cycleway
(part of a future cycle network if the council ever commit funds to complete their
decade old plan) which is segregated in some sections and unsegregated in
others is possibly a footway with bicycle=permissive?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I think I’ve currently got it tagged as a cycleway with
designation=public_footpath (as the public footpath signs are still there,
despite the “upgrade”). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jason
Cunningham [mailto:jamicubat@googlemail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 August 2009 00:41<br>
<b>To:</b> Nick Whitelegg; talk@openstreetmap.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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After looking at the British Ramblers Association website today it does not
appear cyclists have equal rights on Bridelways. This website give advice on
access rights to footpaths etc in the UK, and it says<br>
"Pedal cyclists have a right to use bridleways, restricted byways and
byways open to all traffic, but on bridleways they must give way to walkers and
riders. <b>Like horse riders, they have no right to use footpaths and if they
do so they are committing a trespass against the owner of the land, unless use
is by permission (<a
href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/britain/footpathlaw/footpathlaw2.htm#trespass">see
Q26</a>)</b>. As with horse-riding (<a
href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/britain/footpathlaw/footpathlaw.htm#horses">see
Q10</a>), use of any right of way by cyclists can be controlled by traffic
regulation orders and byelaws imposed by local authorities. Infringement of
byelaws or orders is a criminal offence. Under the Highways Act 1835, it is an
offence to ride a bicycle on the pavement at the side of a road, and under the
Fixed Penalty Offences Order 1999 a person who rides on a pavement can be fined
on the spot by a police officer."<br>
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Jason<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jamicu">jamicu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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