[talk-au] Cycleway/footway/path

[Roy Wallace]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:56 AM, John Smith<delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- On Fri, 7/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure no one was suggesting this (i.e. removing
>> information). It's the way the information in entered in
>> tags that is
>> being discussed. The fact is that we currently have
>> highway=cycleway;foot=yes AND highway=footway;cycle=yes,
>> and it is
>> difficult to choose which is appropriate for a particular
>> shared-use
>> path.
>
> The other poster was commenting on how these render, and by marking them all virtually the same you can't tell at a glance if it's a better path for cycling or not, so yes you would loose information.

Gah... don't tag for the renderer.

What is it about the path that makes it better for cycling in your opinion?