try to make description less misleading for cycleway contraflow traffic #1179
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1) cycleway=opposite may be used also where there is no dedicated separate bicycle lane (but contraflow traffic is still allowed) 2) cycleway=opposite_lane is nowadays treated as inferior to tagging oneway:bicycle=no + (for example) cycleway:left=lane so it should not be phrased in way suggesting it to be preferable for cases where dedicated contraflow lane exists
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In US English "contraflow" is normally used when automobile traffic is routed on a stretch of road that normally goes in a different direction. In some cities, there are "contraflow lanes" that are opened at high-traffic times - for example, an expressway with 4 lanes on each side, might have 5 lanes inbound in the morning and 3 outbound -- the one lane that got shifted would be the contraflow lane. |
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In this context, I would find "two-way traffic" to be a more understandable way to say "bicycles can travel in both directions". |
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It does seem that "contra-flow" in the way it's used here is valid and accurate terminology though, based on what I'm finding online: https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/bike-lanes/contra-flow-bike-lanes/ |
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Yep, "contraflow" should be fine. I was worried mostly about Traffic part in "Contraflow Bike Traffic" |
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"Cyclists may travel in both directions on a one-way street" makes sense then. In fact, the old description is wrong because it implies that cyclists can only ride towards car traffic. |
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Update: There is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Deprecate_cycleway%3Dopposite_family being discussed which would make this PR obsolete. Please comment over there if you think we should keep those values for some reason. |
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@matkoniecz I suggest we close this and work on #1271 instead. Please ping me if I should reopen. |
cycleway=opposite may be used also where there is no dedicated separate bicycle lane (but contraflow traffic is still allowed)
cycleway=opposite_lane is nowadays treated as inferior to tagging oneway:bicycle=no + (for example) cycleway:left=lane so it should not be phrased in way suggesting it to be preferable for cases where dedicated contraflow lane exists
Opening in draft as I would really want native English speaker to look at it (@1ec5 @ZeLonewolf ?)