[Tagging] How to Tag Steps in a Bridleway

[Andy Townsend]

On 28/04/2024 15:19, Peter Neale via Tagging wrote:
> A local Public Bridleway has a few (3, 4 or 5 from Aerial imagery) 
> steps going down before it passes under a road bridge, and a similar 
> number up again on the other side.
>
> How can I best tag this? According to the wiki, "highway=steps" seems 
> to be *an alternative to*, not *a qualification of * 
> "highway=bridleway". I don't want to mislead consumers by breaking the 
> bridleway, but I don't want cycling consumers to be unaware of the 
> fact that there are a few steps to descend / ascend, which may require 
> a dismount.

Assuming we're talking about something that's signed as a "Public 
Bridleway" in England and Wales*, then at the most basic level there are 
two tags to consider:

  * highway=steps
  * designation=public_bridleway

The first of those says that there are some steps.  There's no other way 
of doing that; there are steps, so highway=steps it is. There are of 
course lots of other tags that can add information to the physical steps 
(how many, which way is up, is there a bicycle ramp, etc.)

The second of those covers the legal "this is a public bridleway" part, 
as per 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:designation=public%20bridleway?uselang=en-GB 
.  You can also add "foot", "horse" and "bicycle" tags too as a helper 
to data consumers that may not understand "designation".

There are plenty of designated bridleways with steps on them - see 
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1KNx .

Best Regards,

Andy

* for Scotland see 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland 
and for Northern Ireland see 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland 
.
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