[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Martin Simon]

2009/8/12 John Smith <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com>:
>
> --- On Wed, 12/8/09, Nop <ekkehart at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Well basically your approach is a variant of the path+acess
>> tags. You
>> just leave cycleway alone and use it like path, expressing
>> all the
>> important information in access tags. This is a possible
>> way to go if we
>> can achieve consent on it, especially on the new tag
>> "offical" which is
>> required to express the legal road-signed status.
>
> No it's not, use bicycle=designated like someone else suggested for indicating explicitly what is on a sign, bicycle=yes if it's suitable/allowed etc.

In my opinion, suitability is a whole new topic that should'nt be
represented by *mode_of_transport*=yes/no, as it's highly subjective.
yes/no should solely describe the legal status.

-Martin