BTW the apparently equivalent sign in Italy ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Italy?uselang=it#/media/File:Italian_traffic_signs_-_percorso_pedonale_e_ciclabile.svg) is a footway ("marciapiede") on which bicycles are allowed. Bicycles have to give precedence to pedestrians and they are subject to a 10km/h max speed limit. Use of these mixed-use footways is not mandatory for cyclists.
Volker On 28 March 2015 at 15:45, Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> wrote: > > > Am 28.03.2015 um 15:31 schrieb Hubert: > > For example a lot of cross country cycleways (like this one > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altmarkrundkurs.jpg ) > > can't possibly be mandatory, since there is no road next to it. But they > are designated and official. > > There is no such thing as non mandatory cycleways in Switzerland, > however there is no expectation that I use every possible cycleway in > the country every time I get on a bicycle. > > Naturally the concept of mandatory only makes sense when there is an > alternative road surface nearby that could be used instead. I see no > point in subjecting the whole world to yet another bicycle tag just > because the German legislative decided that it can't count on its > populace turning its brain on. > > Essentially what they are saying: these ways are not mandatory because, > since there is no alternative, you have no choice than to use them. > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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