Can't create bicycle parking in ways

[naoliv]

If we have a way selected and we go to Presets → Transport → Bicycle → Parking, we can't create a bicycle parking.

Note that in ​http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbicycle_parking we can see that it can be used in ways and also in ​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=bicycle_parking we can see that it's used in 9486 ways.

JOSM should allow to create such parking in ways.

[Don-vip]

It works for closed ways.

The wiki suggests unclosed ways are allowed but I find it strange. The description only mentions closed ways. Taginfo does no do the distinction between closed and unclosed ways but I'd bet the majority of these 9486 ways are closed.

Is it a common practice to tag bicycle parkings as unclosed ways ?

[naoliv]

I don't know how common it's on other places (or even here), but there is a place that has a long line of wall loops. It seems too narrow to be mapped as an area and too long to be mapped as a single node. A line (way) would be the perfect solution, it seems.

It's similar to natural=tree_row (you won't tag a tree individually nor it's wide enough to be mapped as an area).

[skyper]

There are some platform tag similar but this seems only a temporary solution to me.

Representing areas as lines does not really make sence. Please either use a node or an closed way. If you insist. you can still add it without the preset.

[Don-vip]

In 6846/josm:

fix #9712 - allow bicycle_parking for unclosed ways + update links