[OSM-talk] [tagging] Approved: path, designated. Rejected: *way deprecation

[Karl Eichwalder]

Alex Mauer schrieb:
> The new highway value "path" has been approved.  It received 31 votes,
> 22 in favor and 9 against, with 3 abstentions.
>
> The new access value "designated" has been approved.  It received 32
> votes, 19 in favor and 13 against, with 2 abstentions
>
> The deprecation of footway, bridleway, and cycleway in favor of the path
> tag has been rejected.  However, those tags can be interpreted as
> "shortcuts" for the path tag with appropriate access implications.

Define "appropriate".  Otherwise it cannot.  A "cycleway" (Radweg)
is somethig very special in Germany (unfortunately).  It does not
equal to a path where you are allowed to cycle.  You are _forced_ to
make use of this way if it accompanies the street.  Of course, here
in Germany there are also many a lot ways where cycling is possible
(legally and physically), but most of these ways are by no means
"cycleway"; often these ways are just "tracks".

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Karl Eichwalder