[OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

[Roy Wallace]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Roy Wallace wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Cartinus <cartinus at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> > On Monday 30 November 2009 22:25:36 Roy Wallace wrote:
>> >> 1) I can convince you guys that this approach is the best way to get
>> >> global consistency, and that that's important;
>> >> 2) people realise that editors can be used to avoid additional
>> >> keystrokes and so there is actually no cost in adding foot=yes;
>> >
>> > I've been told that when OSM started (I wasn't involved then) that every
>> > motorway had to be tagged horse=no+foot=no+bicycle=no.
>> >
>> > There is a reason they stopped doing that.
>>
>> The reason is that that's *globally* redundant.
>>
>
> not exactly correct.
> We do have highway marked motorway in Au where bicycles are allowed.

Ok, rephrased: the reason they stopped is because it wasn't necessary.
Obviously, we have a problem here. I'm suggesting some solutions.