[OSM-talk] Tag:highway=cycleway inconsistency

[Karl Eichwalder]

"Andy Allan" <gravitystorm at gmail.com> writes:

> I disagree - I think the default should be undefined.

+1  I always add foot and bicycle values and I never rely hidden
assumptions.  Without a certain amount of redundantencies, all this is
OSM tagging is much too fragile.  Thus I often add bicycle=yes to
highway=cycleway; it happens once in a while that you change "cycleway"
to "footway" and forget to add the bicycle=yes tag...

Also in Germany, the majority of cycleways are allowed for pedestrians.
Z237 without an additional sign such occurs less often than Z240 or
Z241 (though Z241 signals a bicycle only lane, but in reality this des
not actually work ;) ):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Zeichen_237.svg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Zeichen_240.svg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Zeichen_241.svg

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Karl Eichwalder