Tag:cycleway=opposite_lane
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| Description |
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Using this tag is discouraged, use oneway:bicycle and regular cycleway tags instead. |
| Group: cycleways |
| Used on these elements |
| See also |
| Status: deprecated |
| Tools for this tag |
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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
See also
oneway:bicycle=nocycleway=oppositecycleway=opposite_trackcycleway=opposite_share_buswaycycleway: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=tag: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_lane - Use history of both
cycleway=andoneway:bicycle=notags: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/cycleway/opposite_lane&***/oneway:bicycle/no/
Tasks
Please help the community to transition from cycleway= to oneway:bicycle=no with the following tasks:
Documentation
| Task | English | Every other language | Comment |
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Update cycleway= wiki page
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Unknown | Unknown | |
Update oneway:bicycle=no wiki page
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Unknown | Unknown | |
| Update the deprecated features page | yes | N/A | |
Update every other mentioning the cycleway= tag (listed here) excluding users & discussion pages
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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= tag deprecated
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oneway:bicycle=no tag supported
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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://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 | |
| How to use this table? | |||||
Render
See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/cycleway=opposite_lane#projects to find out which renders are using this tag.
| Mission | Task | cycleway= tag deprecated
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oneway:bicycle=no tag supported
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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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