[OSM-newbies] one way for cars, two way for bikes

[Dave Stubbs]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
> Chris Mcnally wrote:
>> I'm trying to map a section of road where motor traffic can only travel
>> in one direction, but on one side of the road, sometimes separated by
>> parked cars, is a two lane bike lane for cyclists to travel in either
>> direction.
>>
>> highway = residential
>> oneway = true
>> cycleway = opposite
>>
>> Would this be the correct set of tags for it? From the wiki, it seems
>> that long description for cycleway=opposite covers the lane in both
>> directions for cyclists. The other two cycleway=opposite_lane and
>> opposite_track are less clear to me. Do they imply one way for cyclists
>> as well, but in the opposite way? Or two way for cyclists?
>>
>> If someone could explain this I can updated the wiki perhaps even with a
>> photo.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Chris M
>>
>>
>>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:cycleway%3Dopposite_lane
>
> I see opposite_lane as being on the same piece of road surface as the
> highway, but separated with a painted line.
> opposite_track having a more substantial separation such as a kerb,
> bollards or grass verge.
>
> The cases of cycleway = opposite that I've come across in the UK are for
> slow moving residential streets, usually
> cul-de-sacs for motor vehicles but allow an exit for bikes & pedestrians.
>

And the vast majority of these in the UK, if not all of them, are not
one-way streets at all. They're a normal street with a bollard or kerb
or fire-gate with a small section of cycle path, or a small section of
oneway (quite possibly less than a couple of metres, or even just a no
entry sign) with an opposite_lane cycleway to allow bikes in both
directions.

Dave