Yes it is a longstanding issue: Is this shared path primarily a cycleway
where pedestrians are allowed (highway=cycleway, foot=designated) or
primarily a footpath ("mainly or exclusively for pedestrians") where
bicycles are allowed (highway=footway, bicycle=yes)?In most circumstances the 2 are equivalent. - Ben Kelley. On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:06, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com> wrote: > OSM never really had a good tag for truly shared foot/cycle paths, so it's > been long standing practice to use highway=cycleway + foot=designated + > bicycle=designated + segregated=no for shared paths. So by adding the > foot=designated and segregated=no tags they change highway=cycleway from a > bicycle only path to a true shared path. > > On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 07:29, Sebastian Azagra Flores via Talk-au < > talk-au@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> Using the tag the tag highway = cycleway indicates that the route is >> designated for bicycles only. >> In Victoria, this is hardly the case as most paths are generally signed >> as shared paths. I’ve yet to come across a dedicated cycle path during my >> riding. >> >> regards, >> >> Sebastian >> >> On 17 May 2022, at 6:15 pm, Andrew Davidson <thesw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 16/5/22 23:38, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au wrote: >> >> Can I please clarify "using highway=cycleway should only be used where >> there are signs allowing"? >> >> That is how I've always used it in urban areas. >> >> >> This would only apply in NSW/VIC. In other jurisdictions putting up signs >> has become pointless because you can ride anywhere. In Canberra almost none >> of the shared path system has explicit signage. I use cycleway to tag >> "primary" routes and footway for "secondary" routes. >> >> So this would be a cycleway: >> >> >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bike_path_in_Dickson%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg/576px-Bike_path_in_Dickson%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg >> >> and this is a footway: >> >> >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Footpath_in_Hackett%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg/576px-Footpath_in_Hackett%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia.jpg >> >> >>
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