[OSM-talk] Wide tracks with cycle access

[Mike Collinson]

At 09:35 PM 30/04/2008, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>Slight dilemma with what to do about wide, off road (countryside) tracks 
>with official cycle access, in the light of the countryside mapping 
>suggestions I made last week on the wiki. How do cyclists in general tag 
>these?
>
>highway=track; bicycle=yes|permissive; [surface=gravel]
>
>or 
>
>highway=cycleway; surface=gravel?
>
>Want to decide whether to retag a whole load of these in the New Forest.

In Sweden, I'm using the former  ... they often double up as agricultural or remote residential access. And I use the latter for forest trails for when it is clearly too narrow for vehicles or they are specifically forbidden. I've also wondered about using 

highway=track; cycleway=track; bicycle=yes|permissive; [surface=unpaved|gravel]

BTW, the gravel-type tracks here are excellent for riding - generally a compressed earth/very small grade gravel mix that forms a hard fairly smooth shell that does not mire in summer and safer in icy conditions than tarmac.  Sorry, Etienne!

Mike