[Tagging] Tagging highway=cycleway without explicit knowledge of the law?

[Anthony]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> > I spotted two or three bicyclists near two or three pedestrians.  Looks
> like
> > shared-use, which means highway=path.
>
> I vehemently object to this rule that "shareduse means highway=path".
> I think the wiki just hasn't caught up with reality yet.
>
> The reason I object is that non-shared-use cycleways are practically
> non existent in most countries, rendering the cycleway=* tag pretty
> much useless.


Heh, you say that as though it's a bad thing.  I think the cycleway tag
already is pretty much useless.

So, what's your definition of "cycleway"?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Anthony wrote:
> >  Still, I think
> > I spotted two or three bicyclists near two or three pedestrians.  Looks
> > like shared-use, which means highway=path.
>
> No
> a cycleway is a way which is free of bicycle obstructions and that is not
> implicit in the path at all.
>

Sounds like 95% of ways tagged with highway=*, including many ones where
bicycles aren't allowed.
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