[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Ed Loach]

So a public footpath which the council has converted into a cycleway
(part of a future cycle network if the council ever commit funds to
complete their decade old plan) which is segregated in some sections
and unsegregated in others is possibly a footway with
bicycle=permissive?

 

I think I’ve currently got it tagged as a cycleway with
designation=public_footpath (as the public footpath signs are still
there, despite the “upgrade”). 

 

Bold formatting below added by me.

 

Ed

 

 


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From: Jason Cunningham [mailto:jamicubat at googlemail.com] 
Sent: 15 August 2009 00:41
To: Nick Whitelegg; talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway


After looking at the British Ramblers Association website today it
does not appear cyclists have equal rights on Bridelways. This
website give advice on access rights to footpaths etc in the UK, and
it says
"Pedal cyclists have a right to use bridleways, restricted byways
and byways open to all traffic, but on bridleways they must give way
to walkers and riders. Like horse riders, they have no right to use
footpaths and if they do so they are committing a trespass against
the owner of the land, unless use is by permission (see
<http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/britain/footpathlaw/footpathlaw2.ht
m#trespass>  Q26). As with horse-riding (see
<http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/britain/footpathlaw/footpathlaw.htm
#horses>  Q10), use of any right of way by cyclists can be
controlled by traffic regulation orders and byelaws imposed by local
authorities. Infringement of byelaws or orders is a criminal
offence. Under the Highways Act 1835, it is an offence to ride a
bicycle on the pavement at the side of a road, and under the Fixed
Penalty Offences Order 1999 a person who rides on a pavement can be
fined on the spot by a police officer."

Jason
jamicu <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jamicu> 

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