OSM tags for routing/Access-Restrictions

Limited access is documented in: Key:access.

Optional:

• Any road ("highway=??") with the additional tag "construction=yes", "construction=1" or "construction=true" (case-insensitive) is to be considered to be in construction and not to be routed over. It may however be displayed and used of the vehicle is found to travel along it (in case the road has been finished since it was enterred into the map). construction=yes is a proposed tag and not in widely use yet.

Default is a proposal (not yet fully drafted, no RFC, no voting yet) for a possible, upcomming default value system. This proposal may set default access-restriction by area (countries, states...) if it becomes general accepted practice.

Contents 1 interpretation 2 Default 3 Australia 4 Austria 5 Belarus 6 Belgium 7 Brazil 8 Denmark 9 France 10 Finland 11 Germany 12 Hungary 13 The Netherlands 14 Norway 15 Romania 16 Russia 17 Slovakia 18 Switzerland 19 Turkey 20 United Kingdom 21 United States of America

interpretation

• yes - this kind of vehicle is allowed to drive on this kind of road unless tagged otherwise on the individual way (e.g. "motorcar=no").
• designated - same as yes but this road can optionally be prefered by some of your metrics.
• no - this kind of vehicle is not allowed to drive on this kind of road unless tagged otherwise on the individual way (e.g. "motorcar=yes").

See Key:access for the way such limits are usually tagged on the individual way.

Default

Default-Access-Restriction for all countries.

Note: italic values are inherited from the generic access value (for instance, a specific cycleway with access=destination implies motorcar=destination, not motorcar=no).

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
pedestrian	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes
path	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	no	no
cycleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	no
footway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated

Australia

Proposed access restrictions. Not endorsed by the Australian OSM community (yet).

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
pedestrian	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	designated
path	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	yes	yes
cycleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	designated
footway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	designated

Austria

Default-Access-Restriction if not tagged on the individual street.

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential road track	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated

Notes:

• Access on tracks is not restricted unless prohibited by some sign or barrier. On designated forest roads (highway=track + vehicle=forestry), horse=no is also implied due to Forstgesetz 1975 §33 Abs. 3.
• living_street also implies a speed limit of "Schrittgeschwindigkeit" (walking speed), and cycleway=opposite.

Belarus

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes(1)	Yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes
living_street	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	Yes	yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	yes (2)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	designated
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	designated

• (1): Should use nearby cycleway, footway or sidewalk if present.
• (2): Should use nearby footway if present. Most often is specifically designated for both, though, and tagged as such. If only a cycleway is present next to a road without sidewalks (never seen such a case), pedestrians "should" use the cycleway.

Belgium

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods=hgv	bus	taxi	agricultural	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	yes (1)
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	yes (4)	No	Yes	yes (2)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	(3)	Yes

Notes:

• designated = yes: There's no reason for a "designated" access tag in Belgium as there is no reason why one has more rights over the other on any of these highway types when different vehicle types have access to a road. "designated" is therefore synonym with "yes". Footways could both be signed with a sign that doesn't show a pedestrian at all, and one that does, so basing a designated tag on traffic signs is also flawed.
• There's no concept of "hgv", so it's a synonym with "goods"
• (1): this assumes a bridleway that doesn't belong to a road. When it does belong to a road it depends on whether there's another place pedestrians can walk.
• (2): cycleways allow pedestrians if there is no parallel path where pedestrians can go, it's safe to assume pedestrians are allowed
• (3): this depends on the sign used. Usually allowed.
• psv is meaningless in Belgium and replaced by bus and taxi
• (4) moped in Belgium actually comprises two vehicle classes: "moped_A" and "moped_B", cycleways may allow both of them, only moped_A, or none at all, depending on the signs used, and the road the cycleway belongs to.

Brazil

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway (1)	designated	designated	designated	(yes)	(yes)	(yes)	No	No	No	No
trunk (1)	Yes	yes	yes	(yes)	(yes)	(yes)	(yes)	(yes)	(yes) (6)	(yes)
primary (4)	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	(yes)	(yes) (6)	(yes)
secondary tertiary unclassified road	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	(yes) (6)	yes
residential	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
living_street (3)	Yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
pedestrian	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no (2)	Yes
path	No	no	no	no	no	no	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	yes	designated	yes	yes
cycleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	designated	(yes) (5)
footway	No	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	designated

(1) If an alternative is signed, vehicles in this group might be obligatory to use the alternative route.

(2) Restrictions for bicycles, skateboard, and rollerblade usually posted at the entrances to such area.

(3) Goods transport and other heavy vehicles usually not allowed unless they have a destination within the area.

(4) Might be designated for motorized vehicles, in this case pedestrians, bicycles and horses must find another route.

(5) When other options are present, foot means runners.

(6) On urban streets, when cycleways or cyclelanes are not present, bicycles can use the street. [1]

Orange fields indicates that it is safe to assume the value in the square is valid, if the field is without a foot note, then this is not verified by independent sources.

-- Subject to corrections....

Denmark

Default access restrictions according to the Danish traffic regulations ("Færdselsloven" and "Bekendtgørelse om Vejafmærkning")

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
track (3)	no(4)	no(4)	no(4)	no(4)	no(4)	no(4)	(5)	Yes (7)	Yes (7)
path (3)	No	No	No	No	No	no(4)	(5)	yes(6)(7)	Yes (7)
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	no(1)	No	designated	yes(2)
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated

• (1): The regulations distinguish between mofa ("lille knallert") having a maximum speed of 30 km/h and moped ("stor knallert") having a maximum speed of 45 km/h. Mofas are allowed on cycleways.
• (2): Pedestrians may only use cycleways if there are no adjacent footways.
• (3): Rules for 'path' and 'track' based on regulations for access to forests and countryside (Skov- og Naturstyrelsen)
• (4): Motor vehicles including mopeds and mofas are not allowed in forests. Motor vehicles are allowed on tracks and paths in the countryside if the track or path appears suitable for the type of vehicle.
• (5): Horses are not allowed in privately owned forests unless the owner has explicitly permitted horse riding. In state owned forests horses are allowed on paved tracks and on unpaved tracks wider than 2.5 meter. In the countryside horses are allowed on suitable tracks and paths.
• (6): Cycling is allowed on paths that appear suitable for normal bicycles.
• (7): Access to private forests is only permitted between 6:00 and sunset.

France

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	yes (1)	designated

• (1): Their speed is limited to pedestrian speed

Finland

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	private	private	private	private	private	private	(1)	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	yes (2)	No	designated	yes (3)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated
pedestrian	(4)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	designated

Some trunk roads ban pedestrians and cyclists but they are individually tagged.

• (1): Horses not allowed on any designated footways or cycleways.
• (2): Allowed only when additional sign "Sallittu mopoille" is present.
• (3): Should use nearby footway if present. Most often is specifically designated for both, though, and tagged as such. If only a cycleway is present next to a road without sidewalks (never seen such a case), pedestrians "should" use the cycleway.
• (4): Legal pedestrian road ("kävelykatu", liikennemerkki nr. 575) allows motorcars when it's the only way to premises - other roads tagged as pedestrian can allow with extra signs and might be off limits to cyclists. The local default for tagging has not been agreed upon.

Germany

Default-Access-Restriction if not tagged on the individual street.

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway and streets with key motorroad=yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
trunk primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	(1)	No	depends:designated only with sign 237	No
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated
track (proposal)	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	Yes	Yes	Yes

(1) only rural. ( StVO §2.4 )

Hungary

Default-Access-Restriction for Hungary.

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (1)	Yes	Yes
secondary tertiary unclassified residential road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Yes	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated	No (1)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated

• (1) allowed only if there are no alternatives.

The Netherlands

Default access restrictions in according to the traffic regulations in The Netherlands (Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990 (RVV 1990) as in force on 2008-10-07)

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	mofa	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path (1)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	(2)
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	no (3)	(4)	No	designated	yes (5)
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated

• (1): the regulations define a lane ("rijbaan") as any part of a road that is suitable for vehicles ("rijdende voertuigen").
• (2): pedestrians are not supposed to use a bridleway, when there a road next to it. Unfortunately, the regulations seem silent on the issue of whether pedestrians can use a bridleway if no other alternative is available.
• (3): mopeds are not allowed to use cycleways indicated by the mandatory cycleway sign [2], or the optional cycleway sign [3]. There is however a sign that allows both bicycles and mopeds [4].
• (4): mofas must use cycleways indicated by the mandatory cycleway sign [5]/[6], but are not allowed to use cycleways indicated by the optional cycleway sign [7].
• (5): cycleways allow pedestrians if there is no parallel footpath where pedestrians can go, it's safe to assume pedestrians are allowed.

Norway

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway (1)	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
track	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway (2)	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	Partial	designated	Partial	Partial
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	yes
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	designated

• (1) Motorways are only for motor vehicles constructed to move at least 40 km/h on flat ground.
• (2) 'Bridleway' does not exist as a legal term. They are either on private grounds or signposted. Its also possible that the local government has put down restrictions for an area.

Romania

Default-Access-Restriction if not tagged on the individual street.

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential road track	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	destination	destination	destination	destination	destination	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	No (1)
footway pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated

(1) Pedestrians allowed if a sidewalk or a foot way is missing.

Russia

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No
trunk	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
pedestrian	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes
path	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	no	no
cycleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	no	designated	(1)
footway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated

(1) Pedestrians allowed if a sidewalk or a footway is missing.

Slovakia

Default-Access-Restriction for Slovakia.

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway trunk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
primary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (1)	Yes	Yes
secondary tertiary unclassified residential road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Destination	Yes	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated	No	No
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated	No (1)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated

• (1) allowed only if there are no alternatives.

Switzerland

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	mofa	horse	bicycle	inline_skates (6)	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No	No	No
trunk	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	No	No	No	No	No	No
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road track	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (7)	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No (1)	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	No (5)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Designated	No (2)	No (2)	No (2)
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (2)	No (3)	Designated	Yes	No (4)
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No (2)	No (2)	Yes	Designated

(1) (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_21/a22c.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_21/a22c.html

(2) (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_21/a33.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_21/a33.html

(3) (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_01/a43.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_01/a43.html

(4) Pedestrians allowed if a sidewalk or a foot way is missing (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_11/a40.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_11/a40.html

(5) tbd

(6) Swiss road regulations have a seperate category for inline skates, skates, kick boards and similar devices: "fahrzeugähnliche Geräte". (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_11/a1.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_11/a1.html

(7) If a side walk is present it has to be used, except in residential zones with a speed limit of 30 km/h or on living streets (de) http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/741_11/a50.html, (fr) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/741_11/a50.html

Turkey

highway=*	access	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	designated	no(1)	No	no(1)	no(1)
trunk	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
pedestrian	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes
path	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	destination	no	Yes
cycleway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated	(2)
footway	No	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	designated

• (1) Only if no other alternatives are present, "yes".
• (2) If the signs "footway" and "cycleway" are posted together, or if there is no warning "no foot", foots can use cycleways.

United Kingdom

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
trunk primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
living_street	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

The legal status of cycles on public rights of way in England and Wales is disputed. On pavements, it is illegal to cycle unless designated (hence not a default setting here) but on public footpaths the law is less clear.

In Scotland, there is a right of access by any non-motorised transport (including foot, bicycle and horse) just about everywhere (except for some specific exclusions).

United States of America

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
trunk primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
pedestrian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
path	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bridleway (1)	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	yes	yes
cycleway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated	Yes
footway	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	designated

(1) I couldn't find any specific laws regarding non-horse use of horse trails. They don't seem to be an official designation of the national gov't.