[OSM-newbies] Some questions on tagging for cycles

[john whelan]

In Canada we have cycle lanes, they are easy to tag but in Ottawa we
also have paved shoulders that get used by cyclists in summer and the
snow is piled up on them for winter.  How should a paved shoulder be
tagged?  I'm thinking more to be accessible to routing systems as well
as being rendered.

The city also has some roads that are recommended for cyclists but not
signed, typically these connect roads with cycle lanes or dedicated
cycle paths.

Then we also have dedicated cycle paths with a line down the centre to
divide the flow where pedestrians have priority.  These become ski
trails in winter.  Possibly as a path with pedestrians, and cycles
allowed perhaps even March through November?

Thanks John