[Talk-us] trail tagging

[brad]

Everywhere I've been in the US or Canada a dirt 'way' too narrow for a 4 
wheel vehicle is called a trail, path, or single track.   For the most 
part they are appropriately (IMO) tagged as path. Unfortunately the wiki 
says this for highway:path (the highlighting is mine):

/A non-specific path. //*Use **highway=footway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway>**for paths 
mainly for walkers, **highway=cycleway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway>**for one 
also usable by cyclists, **highway=bridleway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbridleway>**for ones 
available to horse riders as well as walkers *//and //highway=track 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack>//for ones 
which is passable by agriculture or similar vehicles./

I think it makes no sense to call a dirt path, open to more than 1 user 
group, anything other than a path.    Since about 98% of the trail 
tagging that I've seen seems to agree, Is there consensus on this?   
Perhaps if the international group likes the description as is, a 
clarification on the US road tagging wiki page?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging
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