[Tagging] highway=path for *all* mixed foot/bicycle highways?&In-Reply-To=<88cad950-d9cc-3c2e-9015-a54d7206a39a at gmx.com>

[Marc Gemis]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 3:26 PM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 3:36 AM Florimond Berthoux <florimond.berthoux at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Le lun. 10 févr. 2020 à 09:49, AndreasTUHU <poggyasz at gmail.com> a écrit :
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>>> I agree that 'surface' tag should be mandatory but in Hungary 54 percent of the mixed foot-cycle-ways misses this tag.
>>> Additionally, the 20 percent of foot-cycle-ways has no 'segregated' tag. Not ideal conditions for converting mixed cycleways to path :)
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>> I don’t understand, for me a mixed cycleway has no sense, if it’s mixed well it is a path segregated or not.
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> It's common in North America.  Sometimes it even switches between a path and a cycleway.  Galloping Goose Cycleway and Trail in Canada's a fantastic example of both.
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> 1. Cycleway that allows pedestrians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galloping_Goose_Regional_Trail#/media/File:Galloping_Goose_Regional_Trail,_Saanich,_British_Columbia,_Canada_17.jpg

Curious to understand why this is a cycleway and not an asphalted path.

regards

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