[OSM-talk] Pedestrians on cycleways

[sylvain letuffe]

> highway=cycleway;foot=yes 
> 
> used to work very well before highway=path has been introduced. What has
> changed that? 

I respect your points to defend cycleway, and to tag the "pedestrians allowed" 
by adding a foot=yes, but I'm quite sure the original problem in belgium was 
not quite a "pedestrian only" case.

The fact is, that here in france (but I think this is the same case in 
belgium) we have those "so called" cycleway where are allowed :
- bicycle
- pedestrian
- skate boards
- roller blades
- pedestrian with dogs
- wheel chair
- small plastic cars for children
etc.
 
Will anyone tag this :
highway=cycleway;foot=yes;skate=yes;roller=yes;.... ?

Will anyone tag this :
highway=rollerway;foot=yes;cycleway=yes;... ?

> For cycleways that allow pedestrians? Sounds quite restricted ;-)
Well, I tag them highway=path, and that's not restricted, it correspond to the 
reallity :
"open to all non-motorized vehicles"

... more thinking about that ...
The problem here, might not come from path, or cycleway, but from the access 
keys.
Those keys are too restricted, and too specific. So too badly usable.
I'm probably dreaming here, but a classification schem would have been of more 
use here :
- non_wheeled
- non_motorized
- car_sized
- truck
- explosive

So, in that case, yeah, we would have simplified and dropped 
path/cycleway/footway/track
replacing it by :
highway=primary
non_motorized=yes
( thus describing a major cycleway in only two tags )




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