Tag:cycleway=opposite_track

cycleway = 
Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use oneway:bicycle and regular cycleway tags instead. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: cycleways
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: deprecatedPage for proposal
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

exclamation mark

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= 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

Example

Deprecation follow-up

Deprecation vote

This tag has been formally deprecated by a community vote on 2024-06-22.

Transition stats

Tasks

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

Documentation

Task English Every other language Comment
Update cycleway= 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= 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= 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= 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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