[OSM-newbies] Some questions on tagging for cycles

[Karl Latham]

  On 9/11/2010 2:06 PM, john whelan wrote:
> 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.

Cycle = yes would seem like the best idea for this one.
> 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.

Not to sure on this on.

> 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?

Best to tag the times that it can be used by cycles?
> Thanks John
>
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