Tag:cycleway=opposite_track
 cycleway = opposite_track
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Using this tag is discouraged, use oneway:bicycle=* and regular cycleway=* tags instead.  
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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.
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
- cycleway=opposite_track - track travelling in the opposite direction