Tag:cycleway=opposite_track

cycleway = opposite_track
Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use oneway:bicycle and regular cycleway tags instead.
Group: cycleways
Used on these elements
Useful combination
highway=* oneway:bicycle=* oneway:bicycle=no
Status: deprecated
cycleway=opposite_track $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
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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.

cycleway=opposite_track was used for a contraflow cycle track, that is, a cycle track travelling in the opposite direction to other traffic on a oneway=yes road. It's deprecated in favour of oneway:bicycle=* and regular cycleway=* tags.

You should use cycleway:left=track or cycleway:right=track in combination with oneway:bicycle=no instead, as this describes on which side the contraflow track is. Use cycleway:both=track to indicate they are on both sides.

If a track is bi-directional, see cycleway:left:oneway=* or cycleway:right:oneway=*

Mapping as a separate path

Mapping the track as separate highway=cycleway is also possible, more flexible/precise but more work/care needed around crossings.

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.

See also

• oneway:bicycle=*
• cycleway=opposite
• cycleway=opposite_lane
• cycleway:left=*
• cycleway:right=*
• Proposal:Deprecate cycleway=opposite family

Example

• highway=residential
• oneway=yes
• cycleway=track - track in the main direction

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_track tag: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_track
• Use history of both cycleway=opposite_track and oneway:bicycle=no tags: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_track&***/oneway:bicycle/no/

Tasks

Please help the community to transition from cycleway=opposite_track to oneway:bicycle=no with the following tasks:

Documentation

Task	English	Every other language	Comment
Update cycleway=opposite_track 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_track tag (listed here) excluding users & discussion pages	Unknown	Unknown
Update deprecated cycleway=opposite_track 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_track#projects for more details about the tools using this tag.

Mission	Task	cycleway=opposite_track 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_track#projects to find out which renders are using this tag.

Mission	Task	cycleway=opposite_track 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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