Tag:cycleway=opposite_lane
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Using this tag is discouraged, use oneway:bicycle=* and regular cycleway=* tags instead. ![]() ![]() |
Group: cycleways |
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Status: deprecated![]() |
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The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.
Was used on one-way streets that have a cycling lane going in the opposite direction to normal traffic flow (a "contraflow" lane) and combined with oneway:bicycle=no. It's deprecated in favour of oneway:bicycle=* and regular cycleway=* tags.
Consider using cycleway:left=opposite_lane or cycleway:right=opposite_lane instead, as these describe on which side the contraflow lane is.
cycleway:left=lane + cycleway:left:oneway=-1 or cycleway:right=lane + cycleway:right:oneway=-1 Can be used also.
If a lane is bi-directional, see cycleway:left:oneway=* or cycleway:right:oneway=*
Deprecated in the Netherlands
Just two and a half years before this tagging was generally deprecated in mid-2024, it had already been deprecated and replaced in the Netherlands.
Rendering
See also
- oneway:bicycle=no
- cycleway=opposite
- cycleway=opposite_track
- cycleway=opposite_share_busway
- cycleway:left=*
- cycleway:right=*
- Proposal:Deprecate cycleway=opposite family
Deprecation follow-up
Deprecation vote
This tag has been formally deprecated by a community vote on 2024-06-22.
Transition stats
- Use history of the cycleway=opposite_lane tag: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_lane
- Use history of both cycleway=opposite_lane and oneway:bicycle=no tags: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_lane&***/oneway:bicycle/no/
Tasks
Please help the community to transition from cycleway=opposite_lane to oneway:bicycle=no with the following tasks:
Documentation
Task | English | Every other language | Comment |
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Update cycleway=opposite_lane wiki page | Unknown | Unknown | |
Update oneway:bicycle=no wiki page | Unknown | Unknown | |
Update the deprecated features page | yes | N/A | |
Update every other mentioning the cycleway=opposite_lane tag (listed here) excluding users & discussion pages | Unknown | Unknown | |
Update deprecated cycleway=opposite_lane data item | no | N/A | |
Update approved oneway:bicycle=no data item | no | N/A | |
Update Changelog | yes | N/A | |
[Please add any documentation that might be relevant] | N/A | N/A | |
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Tools
See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/cycleway=opposite_lane#projects for more details about the tools using this tag.
Mission | Task | cycleway=opposite_lane tag deprecated | oneway:bicycle=no tag supported | URL of the request | Comment |
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For every editorː change preset | Update JOSM preset | Unknown | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://josm.openstreetmap.de/report | |
Update iD preset | Unknown | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/issues | ||
Update Vespucci preset | Unknown | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/simonpoole/beautified-JOSM-preset | ||
For every Q/A toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal | Create a JOSM/Validator preset | Unknown | N/A | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made | |
Create a NSI preset | Unknown | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/issues | ||
Other toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal | Update Organic Maps preset | Unknown | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues | |
[Please add any editor, tool, search engine, router, render or other project that might be relevant] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Render
See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/cycleway=opposite_lane#projects to find out which renders are using this tag.
Mission | Task | cycleway=opposite_lane tag deprecated | oneway:bicycle=no tag supported | URL of the request | Comment |
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Render | Update OSM Carto render | N/A | N/A | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues | |
Update OpenCycleMap | no | Unknown | Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made | ||
[Please add any render that might be relevant] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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