<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">A greenway may be some sort of permissive path for bike and walkers in London and Canda but in Edinburgh it is a bus lane (painted green)<div><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/CEC/CityDevelopment/TransportandTravel/Parking/GreenwaysandBusLanes/Greenways_And_Bus_Lanes.html">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/CEC/CityDevelopment/TransportandTravel/Parking/GreenwaysandBusLanes/Greenways_And_Bus_Lanes.html</a></div><div>A quick websearch in London only seems to come up with a single cycle/pedestrain path called 'The Greenway'.</div><div><br></div><div>Best not use that tag unless it used a bit more widely.</div><div><br></div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:44:45 -0000<br>From: "Mike Harris" <<a href="mailto:mikh43@googlemail.com">mikh43@googlemail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was: Path vs<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>footwayvs cycleway vs...)<br>To: "'Sam Vekemans'" <<a href="mailto:acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com">acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com</a>>,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"'Steve Bennett'"<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>, 'Tim Hoskin' <<a href="mailto:thoskin@tctrail.ca">thoskin@tctrail.ca</a>>,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:info@tctrail.ca">info@tctrail.ca</a><br>Message-ID: <C95987A0DAA94D3A85496B648700D13D@AXIS><br>Content-Type: text/plain;<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>'Greenways' does have a specific meaning in England - doubtless subtly<br>different from whatever the Canadian definition is! But they can all be<br>covered, IMHO, by the tags usually used in England without introducing an<br>additional one. Usually they are permissive ways for pedestrians and<br>bicycles - usually in urban / suburban /near urban areas. Sometimes they<br>coincide with a public right of way but they are usually additional.<br><br>Mike Harris<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Sam Vekemans [mailto:acrosscanadatrails@gmail.com] <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent: 02 December 2009 18:41<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Steve Bennett<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org; Tim Hoskin; info@tctrail.ca<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was: <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Path vs footwayvs cycleway vs...)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hi all,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">just jumping in here, on my show today (if i have time) im <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">going to talk about 'greenways' and how this concept works, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and highlights a challenge for mapping. (path vs. Cycleway <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">vs. Footway vs. Bridleway)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sam<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>