[Tagging] Tagging cycleways to distinguish them from combined cycle and footways

[Jeroen Hoek]

On 03-08-2022 12:02, Jens Glad Balchen wrote:> The proposed way to 
circumvent "any highway=cycleway is a combined
> cycleway and footway unless specficially tagged otherwise" is to tag it 
> with foot=no/discouraged, contrary to what the law states. This is the 
> crux of the issue, that we are forced to tag contrary to the legal 
> status just to be able to circumvent the (IMO) faulty and illogical 
> initial stance.

Can you tell the difference between the two types based on the traffic 
signs? In that case your presets could solve this issue for mappers by 
including traffic_sign=NO:522 or NO:520, and leave the foot=* on what is 
legally allowed, right?

In the Netherlands we do this with traffic_sign=NL:G11, NL:G12a, and 
NL:G13. By now most cycleways are tagged with one of those, and you can 
distinguish them that way if desired.