[Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

[SomeoneElse]

On 19/08/2014 09:23, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> FWIW, the documented "default" in OSM (if such thing as defaults is 
> accepted anyway) is foot=no according to this page linked from the 
> cycleway definition: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions

That wiki page can say what it likes, but it doesn't change the rest of 
the physical world :-)

It's worth noting that all of the countries listed there (bar a few, 
some already mentioned) have "foot=yes" on a cycleway either all the 
time or in some circumstances - and of course you can separately list 
access tags for bicycle, foot, or spacehoppper if you think that it 
needs to be clarified.

Let's keep "highway=cycleway" for "this thing looks like it is designed 
for cyclists" (with separately defined access and other tags as 
required), "highway=footway" for "this thing looks like it is designed 
for pedestrians" (with separately defined access tags such as 
bicycle=yes as required).

Back to the original point, I suspect that the "may be just a suggested 
route" text of the original page might not have meant "route" as in 
"signed cycle route from town A to town B" but something much shorter 
"between this street and that street" for example.

Cheers,

Andy