Well, I believe 'thank you's are in order for the exceptionally, ahem, 'warm' welcome.

I marked the aforementioned bicycle path as separate structure, rather than part of the road, solely from my personal expertise, since I live in close proximity to the object of discussion.

I strongly oppose the idea of it being marked as part of the road, since the two (i.e. the carriageway and the bicycle path) are separated via the parked cars and (in some places) the center median island.

I apologise for my 'limited' vocabulary in the english language and, perchance, the poor knowledge of undisclosed or internal agreements within a certain OpenStreetMap (-s) community.