How to Distinguish Single Tracks from Hiking Trails?

Only the mapper having tagged these will know. These are individually created values not really in line with the description on the wiki page.

I’d say using the key practicability=* by including what a track may be usable for is more simple than excluding what a track may not be usable for by using the key practicability:*=*.

Let’s say there is a single track (path) which according to the mappers estimation could be usable by a skilled mtb or dirt bike rider. A track usable for a dirt bike can be assumed to be useable by mtb or foot as well, so one could simply tag it as

practicability=dirt_bike

If you don’t trust everybody will understand that “dirt_bike” includes “mtb” and “foot” you would go for

practicability=dirt_bike;mtb;foot

How would you get the same result by excluding values?

practicability:motorcycle=no would also exclude dirt bikes which are also motorcycles of a special kind. So you would need another key to make clear that “normal” motorcycles are excluded but dirt bikes could be used.

Besides that replacing the key practicabilit=* with 17K uses now by a new key practical=* or practical*=* for the sake of brevity would not make much sense imo.

Anyhow I still believe the best way to specify any track or path is by using the existing tags for surface, smoothness, width and sac/mtb scale while practicability could just be a compromise for those who do not want to get into the details.