[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

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Hi!

Lauri Kytömaa schrieb:
> _When not signed for anyone_ but where local legislation allows cyclists
> on such routes, people used local judgement to decide whether the way
> was built as being suitable for the common cyclist. Some claim that one
> couldn't know what others consider suitable, but I hold the view that
> most people can relate to what others think, if they have ever ridden a
> bicycle after childhood.

This is a rather lenient definition that is unsuitable to depict the 
German use case. That is exactly the reason for the confusion we are 
having. If something is tagged as a cycleway and I am planning to walk 
on foot, I need to know whether it is an unsigned way assumed to be 
suitable for cycling (then I may use it as a pedestrian) or whether it 
is legally dedicated to cycling (then I must not use it as a pedestrian).


bye
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