[OSM-talk] Combined bicycle & footway

[Maarten Deen]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:42:27 +0100, Richard Mann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:10 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can we get some feedback from different countries whether walking is
>> permitted on cycleways? At least in Germany and Italy it is
>> (officially) forbidden.
>
> There are extremely few where there is not a footway alongside, even
> in Germany.

In the Netherlands it is governd by article 4 RVV:
1. Pedestrians use the pavement or footpath.
2. They use the cycleway in case pavement or footpath are not present.
3. They use the grass/hard shoulder or the side of the road in case a 
cycleway is not present.

This means that you are allowed to walk on any cycleway if there is not 
a footpath next to it.
It is quite common for extra-urban roads to have a cycleway on one or 
either side of it and pedestrians should use that if they want to walk 
there. This is a good example: 
<http://maps.google.nl/?ll=51.461227,5.939999&spn=0.025936,0.064802&z=14&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.461647,5.939783&panoid=1bfoEESMUbWypq_MiXc1GQ&cbp=12,343.91,,0,0.36>

Maarten