[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Roy Wallace]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Nop<ekkehart at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Clarification: What I meant is: Designated only for ways legally dedicated
> to one mode of travel. Usually that means individually road-signed, but it
> could also be done for a whole area like a nature reserve with a declaration
> for all ways inside. You could also say: Designated means designated by the
> government.

I would prefer that "designated" does not infer "exclusively
designated", so that it's possible to have bicycle=designated as well
as foot=designated on a shared pathway (signed with a picture of a
person and a picture of a bicycle).

Designated != Dedicated