Following a little research, there was a proposal in the Carto style to do something like my 5-point suggestion. You can read the details here, and contribute (or give the 'thumbs up' upvotes to contributions you like:
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1321 --- https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?spiregrain spiregrain_...@ksglp.org.uk On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, at 3:37 PM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: > On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 12:42, Ken Kilfedder <spiregrain_...@ksglp.org.uk> > wrote: > > highway=cycleway with nothing to say that foot is allowed - blue dashes as > > at present. > > highway=footway with nothing to say bicyles are allowed - red dashes as at > > present. > > highway=cycleway with foot expressly allowed - blue/red dashed line (maybe > > blue long dash interspersed with red short dash) > > highway=footway with bikes expressly allowed - blue/red dashed line (maybe > > red long dash interspersed with blue short dash) > > With segregated=yes - possibly, at higher zoom levels, show blue dashes in > > parallel with red - the right way round if possible. > > Something like this would be a big step forwards IMO. "highway=footway > with bikes expressly allowed - blue/red dashed line" this one in > particular. > > I'm with Richard > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/20333 , highway=path > is meaningless. I think highway=cycleway is something designed and > built expressly for bicycles, typically smooth, wide, signed. > > Thus I'd mark a public footpath as highway=footway always, adding > bicycle=designated if necessary (it is a footpath for pedestrians with > added permission). > > Similarly, I'd mark a sidewalk as highway=footway, footway=sidewalk, > adding bicycle=designatedy, segregated=no if it is a shared space > (again, it is an area for pedestrians with added rights for bicycles). > > The tough case is a sidewalk with a segregated cycle lane (designed > and built as such). I'd prefer highway=footway for all sidewalks, but > the segregation implies highway=cycleway, segregated=yes, > footway=sidewalk > > I don't think highway=path is much use at all really. > > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
