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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| 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.
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
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 |
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| 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 |
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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_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 |
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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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