Hey, just an FYI the tracing on a lot of the river sections seems to be way off e.g.
way/1198564438

Quite true! I've surveyed lots of Ride UK paths that go through private land.

I'd argue bicycle tags should only be added if permission is explicitly permitted or if the infrastructure suggests it, which isn't the case here.

It appears this user has assumed permission by default in a LOT of cases, which is encouraging trespassing and could get users into trouble.

They've also pretty much ruined Telford's route mapping for bikes. I've already had to undo a change to a path with a narrow kissing gate.

I'll add the small bit that I remember but I don't think it followed the path we went. Facepalmed when I realised none of it was mapped as I usually take pictures of the markers.

Hey there! Just to let you know that I have changed bicycle=yes to bicycle=no on the public footpath at way/1160739489
This route is designed as a public footpath so bicycles can't legally use it. I also know that the steps going down to the road are VERY steep so might not be safe to even cycle on the path.

Cheers

Hi, I've noticed that you've marked a lot of paths as suitable for bicycles. I'm not sure this is the case in a lot of cases e.g. way/1133424188 which I know has a narrow kissing gate. In other areas I believe they're designated public footpaths so you can't legally cycle on them. Could you please state what source you're using? Thanks

It is just used to indicate the general direction of the viewpoint in degrees. It could probably be changed here to include a more specific range.

tourism=viewpoint?uselang=en-GB#Direction_of_view

Great thanks 👍

Hi, I can see you've marked the Tramway near Pandy as not accessible to horse or cyclists (way/55740719). This seems to conflict with the signed route The Ceiriog Trail managed by Wrexham council. The information on their website mentions it as a permissive bridleway https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/riding-routes-ceiriog-trail.pdf - could you please clarify this change? Last time I was there the access signs were still up. Thanks.

Hey Phil! No signed turn restriction but I'm pretty sure I put this here because there are physical "keep left" barrier islands (visible on bing maps) making it impractical/impossible to make a right turn from the slip roads without mounting the kerb.

I have added implicit=yes tags to the relations. It might be better to account for the keep left islands by splitting the road into individual ways.

Good spot. https://www.bubbleoncup.com/ works although it currently just redirects to their facebook page.

Hey DaveF, thanks for the comment.

I think this is a quirk with the iD editor and a script I sometimes use to copy tags to blank areas.

I'll keep a look out for it in the future.

I'm fairly sure that way was split from way/23712583 so the designation tag was left over from that (my bad). The tunnel at the south is public so I suspect a historic route that is redirected.

I'll do another survey to check.

This has highlighted one way that is (was?) a PROW but is now redirected (way/223403981). I have removed the designation tag and remarked private. If I get time I'll go down and review the other ways affected.

Whilst I think I agree with the sentiment of this changeset persistently doing so in such a heavy handed way is wrong. More time should be put into actually looking at what you're changing.

Reading kevjs1982's comment is interesting as it is quite common locally to assume the *=designated tag takes priority over the access one so you end up with tracks tagged as access=private+foot=designated which imo is much more concise but I gather would be an issue for some people.

Source survey/aerial imagery

Yes I missed that, thanks Phil.

Good point, I'll update them.

Hi Phil, yes this is just the H&M store. Anecdotally it is used as a shortcut by quite a few people, but I agree it would be a bit weird to be routed this way.

I have removed the way, although as far as I can tell there isn't anything on the wiki saying not to map inside shops.

Just a note that Lunts has relocated to the new Riverside site and the building is now owned by The Salopian (same goes for the building to the west).

Hi Mauls, I've noticed that you've reverted my edits merging the abandoned railway with the cyclepath/footpath/road. The old railway mapping is a bit of a mystery to me, but this appears to be the recommended way of mapping them on the wiki.

Please could you advise as I'd like to know why these changes were necessary. Perhaps a relation containing the rail information/ways would be better suited?

Ha yes, I only clocked it after they trimmed the bushes back.

Legally this toll is supposed to apply to cycles/motorcycle traffic, which I'm guessing is why the main barriers don't extend the whole way across.