[OSM-talk] Greenways

James Stewart j.k.stewart at ed.ac.uk
Fri Dec 4 20:53:40 GMT 2009


A greenway may be some sort of permissive path for bike and walkers in  
London and Canda but in Edinburgh it is a bus lane (painted green)
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/CEC/CityDevelopment/TransportandTravel/Parking/GreenwaysandBusLanes/Greenways_And_Bus_Lanes.html
A quick websearch in London only seems to come up with a single cycle/ 
pedestrain path called 'The Greenway'.

Best not use that tag unless it used a bit more widely.

James



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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:44:45 -0000
> From: "Mike Harris" <mikh43 at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was: Path vs
> 	footwayvs cycleway vs...)
> To: "'Sam Vekemans'" <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>,	"'Steve Bennett'"
> 	<stevagewp at gmail.com>
> Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org, 'Tim Hoskin' <thoskin at tctrail.ca>,
> 	info at tctrail.ca
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> 'Greenways' does have a specific meaning in England - doubtless subtly
> different from whatever the Canadian definition is! But they can all  
> be
> covered, IMHO, by the tags usually used in England without  
> introducing an
> additional one. Usually they are permissive ways for pedestrians and
> bicycles - usually in urban / suburban /near urban areas. Sometimes  
> they
> coincide with a public right of way but they are usually additional.
>
> Mike Harris
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sam Vekemans [mailto:acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com]
>> Sent: 02 December 2009 18:41
>> To: Steve Bennett
>> Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org; Tim Hoskin; info at tctrail.ca
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Good routing vs legal routing (was:
>> Path vs footwayvs cycleway vs...)
>>
>> Hi all,
>> just jumping in here, on my show today (if i have time) im
>> going to talk about 'greenways' and how this concept works,
>> and highlights a challenge for mapping. (path vs. Cycleway
>> vs. Footway vs. Bridleway)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sam
>>
>

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