Index: trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml
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--- trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml	(revision 19211)
+++ trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml	(revision 19212)
@@ -1308,5 +1308,5 @@
             <link wiki="Bicycle" />
             <space />
-            <combo key="cycleway" text="Cycleway" values_context="cycleway" values="lane,track,opposite_lane,opposite_track,opposite,share_busway,shared_lane,separate" match="key" />
+            <combo key="cycleway" text="Cycleway" values_context="cycleway" values="lane,track,share_busway,shared_lane,separate" match="key" />
             <combo key="cycleway:left" text="Cycleway left" values_context="cycleway" values="lane,track,share_busway,shared_lane,separate" match="key" />
             <combo key="cycleway:right" text="Cycleway right" values_context="cycleway" values="lane,track,share_busway,shared_lane,separate" match="key" />
Index: trunk/resources/data/validator/deprecated.mapcss
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--- trunk/resources/data/validator/deprecated.mapcss	(revision 19211)
+++ trunk/resources/data/validator/deprecated.mapcss	(revision 19212)
@@ -2552,3 +2552,30 @@
 }
 
+way[cycleway=opposite],
+way[cycleway:left=opposite],
+way[cycleway:right=opposite],
+way[cycleway:both=opposite] {
+  throwWarning: tr("{0} is deprecated", "{0.tag}");
+  group: tr("deprecated tagging");
+  fixAdd: "oneway:bicycle=no";
+  fixRemove: "{0.key}";
+  /* No automated addition of e.g. cycleway:both=no for cycleway=opposite as it may already be tagged with e.g. cycleway:left=lane */
+}
+way[cycleway:left][cycleway:left^=opposite_],
+way[cycleway:right][cycleway:right^=opposite_] {
+  throwWarning: tr("{0} is deprecated", "{0.tag}");
+  group: tr("deprecated tagging");
+  /* No fix: unambiguous definition */
+}
+way[cycleway][cycleway^=opposite_]:righthandtraffic {
+  throwWarning: tr("{0} is deprecated", "{0.tag}");
+  group: tr("deprecated tagging");
+  suggestAlternative: "oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway:right=* + cycleway:left=* + cycleway:left:oneway=-1";
+}
+way[cycleway][cycleway^=opposite_]!:righthandtraffic {
+  throwWarning: tr("{0} is deprecated", "{0.tag}");
+  group: tr("deprecated tagging");
+  suggestAlternative: "oneway:bicycle=no + cycleway:right=* + cycleway:left=* + cycleway:right:oneway=-1";
+}
+
 /* When tags are deprecated they should be added to ignoretags.cfg too. */
Index: trunk/resources/data/validator/ignoretags.cfg
===================================================================
--- trunk/resources/data/validator/ignoretags.cfg	(revision 19211)
+++ trunk/resources/data/validator/ignoretags.cfg	(revision 19212)
@@ -257,4 +257,7 @@
 K:landform=dune_system
 K:noaddress=yes
+K:cycleway=opposite
+K:cycleway=opposite_lane
+K:cycleway=opposite_track
 ;
 ; Highway Key/Value Pairs