Tag:bicycle=no
 bicycle = no
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indicates that riding bicycle is not allowed. 
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This tag is used to express that cycling on given object such as highway=tertiary is not allowed.
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(on way representing highway) |
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(on node representing crossing) |
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(on way representing boardwalk) |
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(on way representing walkway on a bridge) |
Pushing bicycle
Note that carrying or pushing bicycles may be still accepted[2][3].
In some places it is illegal to both ride and push bicycle but it is legal to walk[4], there is no good tagging scheme to indicate it[5], bicycle_pushed=no and bicycle_possession=no were suggested[6][7].
Objects where both cycling and walking (foot=no + bicycle=no) such as typical motorway are not problematic, as dismounting and walking while pushing bicycle is clearly not OK. There is also bicycle=dismount for tagging places where one is allowed to push bicycle but not allowed to cycle. Note that while roads/footways completely banning even pushing bicycles are quite rare compared to ones where just cycling is not allowed, bicycle=no is far more popular than bicycle=dismount. It is used over 942 000 times together with highway=*[8] while bicycle=dismount just 73 000 times[9]. It indicates that majority of mappers is using bicycle=no to indicate places where pushing bicycle is OK.
Even if someone is using bicycle=no with intention to state that pushing/carrying bicycle there is forbidden it is impossible to distinguish bicycle=no mapped with meaning "no cycling" and "no presence of bicycles is allowed". It makes bicycle=no and bicycle=dismount tags a de facto equivalent.
Note that some mappers used bicycle=no to mark "not even carrying/pushing bicycle here is legal".
See also
- bicycle=dismount - that includes also more detail how dismount value appeared despite being a de facto duplicate of bicycle=no
- Key:access - page about access restrictions in general
- General page about bicycle infrastructure
References
- ↑ strictly speaking it is legal during very bad weather or when cycling with a small child
- ↑ https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/9158
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2013-October/thread.html#15135
- ↑ see bicycle=dismount for examples
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-November/thread.html#49044
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-November/049072.html
- ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2020-July/054178.html
- ↑ https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/bicycle=no#combinations
- ↑ https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/bicycle=dismount#combinations