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

[Dave F.]

Liz 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.
I disagree. Where a cycleway crosses a vehicular road I would expect to 
see cycle barriers to either slow down or preferably dismount.
I would consider it badly designed if it was missing theses.

Cheers
Dave F.