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

[Mcnally]

I later found that wiki page describing the three types yet I don't know if it matches my case:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycleway

On Kent Ave, The cycle lanes are painted on the street. On the ride side of the street, when you are traveling north, there are two painted bike lanes, one for bikes to travel north and one for bikes to travel south. At times these painted lanes are separated from the vehicle traffic by parked cars. On the left side of the street there is one lane for motor vehicles to travel south.

The issue i have is that I can see that opposite_lane means there is a painted lane where cyclists can travel against the one way, but I want to know if it means cyclists can also travel in the direction of the ways. When you say opposite, does it mean opposite only?


opposite_lane
The route is a lane, but bicycles may go in the direction opposite of other traffic. Only applies where oneway=yes.



--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

> From: Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] one way for cars, two way for bikes
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 9:10 AM
> 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.
> 
> Cheers
> Dave F.
> 
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