[Talk-GB] Dodgy bicycle tagging, was Re: help with reverting changeset (all cycleways in a particular area deleted)

[Andy Townsend]

On 19/04/2022 23:10, Jon Pennycook via Talk-GB wrote:
> I would just stick with tagging as per the sign - if it says Dismount, 
> tag it bicycle=dismount. The router should then take the decision what 
> to do.
>
and Jass Kurn wrote:

> In the UK official "Cyclists Dismount" signs, by themselves, are not 
> an order to step off your pedal cycle and walk. So bicycle=no/dismount 
> should not be used by default. You should map the information the sign 
> is providing.

That seems entirely reasonable.

If there are people who are changing a surveyed "bicycle=dismount" to 
"=yes" or "=no" because of some external pro- or anti-cycling views then 
that's wrong, and we probably ought to try and have a conversation with 
them about that - and as ever a changeset discussion comment is probably 
the place to start with that.

It's perhaps also worth tagging that "dodgy bicycle infrastructure" is 
sometimes more of a problem than "tagging" - I can think of places a 
couple of miles away from me where a bit of roadside pavement is 
probably intended for cycle use too, and part of it is signed as such 
(either with actual signs or characteristic tactile paving), but there's 
no indication at all on some sections.

Best Regards,

Andy