[OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

[Stephen Hope]

On 6 March 2011 12:27, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
> If it's a footway, unless it's clearly designed around foot use first
> and foremost with bicycle an afterthought, it doesn't allow bicycles
> unless explicitly tagged bicycle=yes.  Otherwise it's a path.  Maybe a
> cycleway if there is indication that it's use is primarily for bicycles.

Unless you live where I do, where you are specifically allowed to ride
on any footpath unless prohibited (which I've seen about 5 times). You
can't make blanket assumptions about defaults for items with no access
tags.

Stephen