[Tagging] Sidewalks and cycleways as tags vs as extra lines

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:32:27 +0100
"Christian Müller" <cmue81 at gmx.de> wrote:

> No, cycleway=opposite is actually harder to use.  Without the wiki
> documentation noone knows what this actually means, it is not self-
> explanatory.

And cycleway:left=opposite is?

>  Besides, using a value "opposite" for this is actually
> a sloppy shortcut for saying cycleway=yes cycleway:oneway=-1

I am not sure why this tagging is supposed to be better. It is
fortunately never used - see http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/uUh .

Also, I am curious whatever you think that it is self-explanatory and
easier to understand than cycleway=opposite.