[Tagging] Access tags (general question, but mostly regarding bicycle)

[Volker Schmidt]

Come here to my city to find heaps of designated cycleways that are nearly
unusable!
Both designated and permissive are purely legal access definitions, not
implying anything abut the practical suitability of the way.
To describe the physical suitability we have tags like: surface; width;
smoothness.

On 3 September 2015 at 14:20, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 13:57:47 +0200
> Richard <ricoz.osm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Imo *=designated and *=permissive also imply infomration about
> > suitability.
>
> Typically it is true - but in theory something may be legally cycleway
> and unsuitable for cyclists. It would be bicycle=designated (but it is
> mostly theory, I am unaware about any real example).
>
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