Tag:cycleway=opposite_lane

This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: oneway:bicycle=* and regular cycleway=* tags.
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

• OpenCycleMap

See also

• oneway:bicycle=no
• cycleway=opposite
• cycleway=opposite_track
• cycleway=opposite_share_busway
• cycleway:left=*
• cycleway:right=*
• busway=opposite_lane
• 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
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
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://git.omaps.dev/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
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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