[OSM-talk] Cycleways and Access tags: Left, Right, Forward, Backward?

[rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com]

Oh, I think I get it now. So for example if you had a cycle route that runs  
parallel to a road (but not within the road carriageway), is on the left  
side and allows cycling in both directions it would be tagged as:

* highway=*
* cycleway:left=track
* cycleway:left=opposite_track

If this is correct that the wiki could do with the definition changing so  
that opposite_track reads "The track may be cycled in the opposite  
direction to the way", with an explanation of how a way is essentially an  
arrow.

Regards,
Rob

ps Sorry for the large number of emails on this. Am trying to get things  
clear in my mind!



On , rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com wrote:
> Are there any cases of that?

> Wouldn't you assume that the cycle lane is on the same side as the flow  
> of traffic (so forward would imply left in GB)? Surely the same argument  
> can be made that cycleway:left tells you which side of the road it is on  
> but doesn't tell you the direction of flow.

> Rob



> On , Ed Loach ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:
> > Imagine a two way road with a cycleway on one side. Neither forward or  
> backward tell you to which side of a way the cycleway is – this would  
> only tell you if it were in the same direction as the way, rather than on  
> one side of it. So forward, backward, left, right all have their places.  
> Ed
> >
> >
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