[OSM-talk] Selecting cycleways

[Mike Harris]

In England and Wales, byways that are either "Restricted Byways" (RBs) or
"Byways Open to all Traffic" (BOATs) may be used by cyclists as of right -
i.e. not merely 'available'.
 
Mike Harris
 


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From: Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com] 
Sent: 21 August 2009 08:16
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Selecting cycleways


You could also assume byway and track (tracktype=grade1/grade2, at least)
are available for cyclists (neither would be likely to have bicycle access
specified).
 
Richard


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:


Rahkonen Jukka wrote:

> Cartinus wrote:
>> You'd want to exclude cycleway=opposite as well, because that is just
>> removing the oneway restriction for bicycles.
>
> But isn't it still kind of a cycleway and thus worth making it visible
> on a cyclemap?


I forgot cycleway=opposite in my first reply, but it really isn't a
cycleway. Imo, "cycleway" is a bad choice of key for this, something
like oneway:bicycle=no would be much more appropriate.
Unlike cycleway=opposite_lane and cycleway=opposite_track, there isn't
any road or section of road specifically intended for bicycles, so it
isn't more of a cycleway than any ordinary road.

Of course, a cyclemap should still make sure to visibly indicate whether
an oneway rule applies to bicycles.

Tobias Knerr


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