[Talk-us] Forest Routes

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:06 PM Kevin Broderick <ktb at kevinbroderick.com>
wrote:

> I don't think that the way to is a reliable indicator of trail vs road.
> Particularly in areas managed for forestry, I believe it's fairly common
> for a disused skid road to be managed and used as a non motorized trail (I
> can think of a few examples around here), which is a distinct situation
> from a road being closed to vehicle traffic without special permission, but
> both cases could be a track with the same access tags.
>

Singletrack versus doubletrack.  The roads are always doubletrack (but
don't always allow vehicles save for forestry and fire), the trails are
always singletrack (and quite typically incapable of passing a doubletrack
vehicle).
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