[OSM-talk] Bicycle boulevards

[Richard Fairhurst]

Mario Salvini wrote:
> is there a benefit instead of just tagging these ways:
> highway=cycleway + motor_vehicle=yes ?

Yes.

> cycleway just told, that's this way is bicycle=designated.
> So why designation=?

designation= means "this is the official designation of this way". It has
nothing to do with bicycle=designated.

In the UK, for example, a way might be tagged with
"designation=restricted_byway" or "designation=bridleway". These denote the
official right-of-way status of the way, with all sorts of legal
implications (for example, cycling allowed, cycle racing _not_ allowed)
which would be impractical to express through a long list of individual
tags.

"designation=cycleroad" would mean the same sort of thing: the German
government's rules on cycleroads apply to this way.

cheers
Richard
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