[OSM-talk] highway=cycle&footway

[Someoneelse]

Richard Mann wrote:

> Only the British 
> use "bridleway". The Dutch have markedly few footways (which probably 
> indicates "cycleway" is being used quite loosely).

My recollection of both urban and rural bits of the Netherlands is that 
there actually are fewer footways than cycleways - I've had a look at 
the map of a couple of bits that I'm familiar with (Maarssen, 
Scherpenzeel and the German border near Enschede FWIW) and (with a 
couple of exceptions) what's mapped matches pretty much I'd expect to be 
if the same feature were mapped in the UK.

My experience of the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia is that it's 
the UK that's the odd one out in having fewer cycleways than the norm 
for northwestern Europe.

Obviously this has no bearing on whether a particular route in Oxford 
should be labelled as a bridleway or a cycleway (I've never been there 
and can't comment).  Maybe arrange a meeting in a local pub and have a 
show of hands?