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

[Karl Newman]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I would also like to see the value bicycle=dismount, for short
> > sections where cyclists have to dismount as part of the cycle network.
>
> I should expect any good bike routing algorithm to consider footways
> as well, with speed suitable for walking. I'm not aware of any footway
> were you are not allowed to push your bike. Thus I would simply tag a
> cycleway where you have to dismount as a footway - I don't see a
> practical difference.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>

Be careful with that. In the US, I've sometimes encountered pedestrian-only
gates--basically a fenced box with three openings in series, with the middle
one offset from the other two such that only a pedestrian could get through
all three. The appropriate thing to do here is to tag it highway=gate and
then the appropriate access keys (bicycle=no, etc.). But the way should
probably have bicycle=no on it as well if that's really the case.

Karl
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