[Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

[Shaun McDonald]

On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:47, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 October 2012 17:34, Shaun McDonald <shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk> wrote:
>> Gregory,
>> 
>> I thought that cycleway=opposite_lane was the equivalent of
>> cycleway:right=lane.
> 
> no - opposite_lane is useful in a one-way road to indicate cyclists
> can go both ways. There's nothing in cycleway:right=lane to suggest
> whether or not that cycle lane is with or against the traffic flow on
> a one-way road. Outside the Jeremy Bentham is a one-way cycle lane in
> the same direction as cars on the right hand side of a one way road,
> for example.
> 

Thanks for the clarification, maybe it would be easier to just map each lane of the road as areas?

Shaun