[Potlatch-dev] What do the new cycleway values mean?

[Steve Bennett]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Dave Stubbs <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk> wrote:
> Segregated cycle path: A path where cyclists and pedestrians are
> separated by a painted line or kerb.

Sounds an awful lot like cycleway=track to me.

> Shared cycle path: A path where cyclists and pedestrians share the
> full width of the path.

That's what we, in Australia, call a "bike path" and tag
"highway=cycleway, foot=designated, bicycle=designated".

> Added by Shaun in December "to get more accurate cycle path
> information for routing purposes (e.g. CycleStreets)"

That's all well and good for CycleStreets, but I'm iffy about having
it in an international edition of Potlatch. It makes choosing the
right cycleway tag absurdly difficult.

Another issue here...why is "a path where cyclists and pedestrians
share the full width of the path" an option on a *road*? Is it
implying that in addition to the road, there is a parallel shared bike
path? Eck...very unintuitive.

Steve