Key:bicycle_road
 bicycle_road
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A bicycle road is a road designated for bicycles.  
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A bicycle road is a road designated for bicycles. Any other vehicles are prohibited unless marked with an addition sign. These kind of roads get more and more common in Europe. So far, this page is exclusively about the situation in Germany. In Belgium and the Netherlands, cyclestreet=* is used instead.
Tagging
A signed bicycle road is tagged with bicycle_road=yes. In Germany the following tags are implied but it is recommended to add them explicitly for the sake of clarification and to guarantee correct routing instructions for other vehicle classes:
- vehicle=no (all vehicles are prohibited)
- bicycle=designated (except bicycles, road is designated for this vehicle type)
plus
- maxspeed=30 (since the amendment of Nov 1st 2009, maxspeed is set to 30 km/h if not explicit signed differently)
- source:maxspeed=DE:bicycle_road
- traffic_sign=DE:244.1 (official traffic sign)
Type of highway
For considering the tag highway=* legal status of bicycle road is not important. The value is rather determined by the state of development of the road and its importance in the traffic system:
- highway=residential for bicycle roads which do not differ much from other streets in the residential area, e.g. with wide asphalt lane(s) and sidewalks. An additional traffic sign "Anlieger frei" (access=destination) or "KFZ frei" (motor_vehicle=yes) is a good lead that highway=residential is the proper value.
- highway=cycleway or highway=path for roads which tend to look like a regular cycleway or bike path.
- Note: In Germany, the use of highway=cycleway in combination with bicycle_road=yes is incorrect. A bicycle road may be used by pedestrians (on the sidewalk, if present, otherwise on the road), a cycleway can only be used by bicycles.
Alternatively, highway=service or highway=unclassified can be used.
Additional signs
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,_StVO_1992.svg) (Sign 1020-30) |
vehicle=destination | -- |
,_StVO_1992.svg) (Sign 1022-12) |
motorcycle=yes | vehicle=no does still fit |
 (Sign 1024-10) |
motorcar=yes | vehicle=no does still fit |
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motor_vehicle=yes | Same meaning as "KFZ frei" |
Examples
with motor vehicle, without kerb, gravel sidewalk left of the parking
with motor vehicle and kerb
without motor vehicle but kerb
Traffic sign 244.1 with additional sign
Rendering
openstreetmap-carto and the OpenCycleMap do not render bicycle roads so far. CyclOSM shows them in blue.
See also
- Fahrradstraße on Wikipedia
- Proposed_features/cycleroad - older proposal, trying to establish a new value for highway=*
- Key:cyclestreet, a different kind of bicycle road on which motor vehicles are allowed as guests
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