Tag:oneway:bicycle=yes

oneway:bicycle = 
Description
Explicitly specifies that the road is oneway for cyclists, generally not needed and oneway=yes is sufficient. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: restrictions
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should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
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Status: de facto
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oneway:bicycle=yes explicitly specifies that road is oneway for cyclists (opposite of oneway:bicycle=no).

It is almost always unnecessary if the road is already has oneway=yes[1].

Usage

Rare example of road twoway for cars and oneway for cyclists - note cycleway lane on left and sign forbidding cyclists on the right. It is from this location

oneway:bicycle=yes is/can be used:

  • For places where, in most cases, bicycles have oneway access, it can be handy for mappers to map that it is not the case for a particular road (oneway:bicycle=yes). That way it is easy to check if a road has been checked/categorised (oneway:bicycle=no/yes) or not (no oneway:bicycle tag)
  • For a highway=path or highway=footway or highway=pedestrian in combination with bicycle=yes to explicitly specify that the path is only oneway for cyclists but not for pedestrians (highway=footway + bicycle=yes + oneway=yes + oneway:foot=no + oneway:bicycle=)
  • For other roads that are generally not oneway but is oneway for cyclists
  • For roads that used to be oneway:bicycle=no but situation changed - explicit oneway:bicycle= may be useful
  • For roads where some other sources claim to be oneway:bicycle=no but it is incorrect
  • A road that contains bicycle infrastructure such as cycleway=opposite_lane that usually would result in oneway:bicycle=no but road is anyway oneway for cyclists (this is usually result of badly designed road or a temporary state)

Not needed usage

References

  1. ↑ there are extremely rare cases such as painted contraflow lane (cycleway=opposite_lane) on road where cycling remains legal only in one direction (oneway=bicycle + oneway:bicycle=)
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