[Tagging] Meaning of access=yes on highway=footway?

[kaartjesman at mykolab.com]

On maandag 25 april 2022 14:21:06 CEST Peter Elderson wrote:
> Nederland has increasing numbers of cycleways and some footways
> where other vehicles are tolerated as guests, i.e. have access
> but no rights at all. Eg the signage says cycleway, with an
> undersign saying "Auto te gast" meaning "cars are guests here"

These roads indeed are a bit weird until you realize that this 
doesn't actually change any rules (laws) or priorities. They also 
don't actually change the classification of the roads, even though 
in some cases when the bicycle paths are shared on the same 
asphalt those bicycle lanes are painted wider.

In short, just tag them as a normal road according to normal 
classification (typically highway=residential) and 
bicycle=designated.
For instance https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/6653147