[OSM-talk] highway=cycle&footway

[Alex Mauer]

Hatto von Hatzfeld wrote:
> Russ Nelson wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:50 AM, Stephen Hope wrote:
>>
>>>  I don't feel right calling it a cycleway if they
>>> have to give way to other users.
>> Cyclists ALWAYS have to give way to other users.  It's a simple matter
>> of the laws of physics.
> 
> At least here in Germany there are cycleways which are not allowed for
> pedestrians and others which are shared by cyclists and pedestrians.

This is also true in at least some parts of the US.  I suppose it's
technically still true that cyclists have to at least try to give way (I
assume that if a pedestrian is walking down the motorway, motorists
shouldn't just casually run them down; the cycleway situation is similar)

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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