Proposal:Advanced Cycleway

Advanced Cycleway
Proposal status:	Abandoned (inactive)
Proposed by:	Driver2
Tagging:	key.property=value
Applies to:	Tags
Definition:	*
Statistics:
Rendered as:	*
Draft started:
Proposed on:	2008-08-11
RFC start:	2008-08-11
Vote start:	*
Vote end:	*

Please see Proposed features/Advanced footway and cycleway

Summary

The current tagging scheme as stated on key:cycleway seems insufficient to me. There is no way to define different types of cycleways on different sides of the street, nor is it possible to define a sidewalk that is both a designated cycleway and a footway.

Note: This is to tag cycleways at the side of streets. Cycleways that run on a physically seperated way, may be tagged as highway=cycleway and so on just like before.

Usage

First define what ways a street has:

• path=left, path=right, path=both or path=none to define a path without pre-set attributes, usually if it's both a footway and a cycleway
• cycleway=left, cycleway=right, cycleway=both or cycleway=none for a cycleway
• footway=left, footway=right, footway=both or footway=none for a footway (as proposed in Proposed features/Footway)

Then, if necessary (especially for path=*), describe the ways more closely:

• path.foot=designated to make it a designated footway, or just path.foot=yes to allow pedestrians
• path.bicycle=designated to make it a designated cycleway, or just path.bicycle=yes to allow bicycles
• path.x=* any other properties that might be applicable for a path (such as other access restrictions, surface, ..)

If you defined the both value for one of the keys above, you can also address one side directly:

• path:left.foot=designated to only make the left-hand way a designated footway (depending on the direction of the way)
• path:left.bicycle=designated to also allow bicycles
• path:left.bicycle=segregated to make it a foot/cycleway that is sperated by a painted line

The properties are defined as proposed in Proposed features/Properties for Tags.

Examples

Picture	Tagging	Comment
	highway=residential footway=right path=left path.foot=designated path.bicycle=designated	There's a normal sidewalk on the right side of the street and a line-seperated foot/cycleway on the left side. Since they share the same way (even if segregated, but only by a painted line), they are tagged as one.
	highway=residential footway=both cycleway=right cycleway.type=lane	There is a footway on both sides of the street, but also a lane for cyclists on the right side. Since the lane and the footway are on different parts of the road (seperated by the kerb), also a seperate tag is used.
	highway=tertiary track=left track.bicycle=designated track.foot=designated cycleway=right cycleway.type=lane footway=right or highway=tertiary cycleway=both cycleway.left.foot=designated cycleway.right.type=lane footway=right	Mixed cycleway/footway on the left side, cyclelane and footway on the right side.

Comments

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