[Tagging] How to Tag Steps in a Bridleway

[Peter Neale]

Hi Andy,
Many thanks indeed for the very speedy advice.  I will do the basic tagging now (from aerial imagery and memory) and visit again shortly to add more detail.
Regards,Peter
 PeterPan99
    On Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 15:40:53 BST, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
  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 perhttps://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 seehttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Scotland and for Northern Ireland seehttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Northern_Ireland
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