[Talk-GB] StreetComplete asking for the footpath surface on dedicated cycleway

[Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)]

On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 14:31, Mat Attlee <mattattlee at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've noticed that StreetComplete is asking for the the footpath surface on this dedicated cycleway https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/605733634
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> There is a separate footpath way so is this a bug in StreetComplete or are some tags missing on the cycleway?

The current tagging of that way includes the following:

highway=cycleway
cycleway:surface=concrete
segregated=yes

My interpretation of those tags is that the way represents a
segregated shared-use path (e.g. with a white line dividing specific
cycle and pedestrian parts), on which the cycle part has a concrete
surface. The surface of the pedestrian part is unspecified, which is
presumably why StreetComplete is asking what it is.

If the whole of the highway=cycleway has the same surface, then you'd
probably be better using surface=concrete instead. If the route is
only for cyclists, then foot=no should be added and segregated=yes
removed. If the route can also (legally) be used by pedestrians, but
there's no separate parts for each type of user, then it would be
segregated=no, and you'd presumably need to change
cycleway:surface=concrete to surface=concrete. See the wiki entries:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:cycleway:surface and
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:segregated .

Hope that helps,

Robert.

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Robert Whittaker