[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[Mike Harris]

Hi Ed
 
1. I think that it is designation=public_footpath, foot=yes,
bicycle=permissive unless (a) it is a public bridleway, or (b) signed to
indicate that a local  authority has added bicycle rights (as they may -
although this seems to happen almost always only in urban areas).
2. But if 1(a) or 1(b) applies then I would say designation=public_footpath,
foot=yes, bicycle=yes.
 
Mike Harris
 


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From: Ed Loach [mailto:ed at loach.me.uk] 
Sent: 15 August 2009 13:01
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway



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.htm#trespa
ss> 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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