diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/osmlib/main/SpeedSetter.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/osmlib/main/SpeedSetter.java
index f969435c4..803f8c095 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/osmlib/main/SpeedSetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/osmlib/main/SpeedSetter.java
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception {
                 String[] fields = line.split(",");
                 long osmWayId = Long.parseLong(fields[0]);
                 double speedKph = Double.parseDouble(fields[1]);
+                double walkFactor = Double.parseDouble(fields[2]);
+                double bikeFactor = Double.parseDouble(fields[2]);
                 Way way = osm.ways.get(osmWayId);
                 // R5 currently prioritizes maxspeed:motorcar above all other maxspeed tags
                 way.addOrReplaceTag("maxspeed:motorcar", String.format("%1.1f kph", speedKph));
+                way.addOrReplaceTag("walk_factor", String.format("%1.1f", walkFactor));
+                way.addOrReplaceTag("bike_factor", String.format("%1.1f", bikeFactor));
                 osm.ways.put(osmWayId, way);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomBikeCostSupplier.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomBikeCostSupplier.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6399ecb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomBikeCostSupplier.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.conveyal.r5.streets;
+
+public class CustomBikeCostSupplier implements SingleModeTraversalTimes.Supplier {
+    private final CustomCostTags tags;
+
+    public CustomBikeCostSupplier(CustomCostTags tags) {
+        this.tags = tags;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double perceivedLengthMultipler () {
+        return tags.bikeFactor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int turnTimeSeconds (SingleModeTraversalTimes.TurnDirection turnDirection) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomCostTags.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomCostTags.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bee99ccc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomCostTags.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.conveyal.r5.streets;
+
+import com.conveyal.osmlib.Way;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * For both directions (forward and backward) of a single OSM Way, tags used to represent the per-edge factors
+ * contributing to generalized costs.
+ */
+public class CustomCostTags {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomCostTags.class);
+
+    final double walkFactor;
+    final double bikeFactor;
+
+    public CustomCostTags(Way way) {
+        walkFactor = parseDoubleTag(way, "walk_factor");
+        bikeFactor = parseDoubleTag(way, "bike_factor");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read a single tag from the given OSM way and interpret it as a double-precision floating point value.
+     * If no tag is present, or if the tag cannot be parsed as a double, use default generalized cost value (1).
+     */
+    private static double parseDoubleTag (Way way, String tagKey) {
+        String tagValue = way.getTag(tagKey);
+        if (tagValue == null) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        try {
+            return Double.parseDouble(tagValue);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+            LOG.error("Could not parse generalized cost tag as a double: " + tagValue);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomWalkCostSupplier.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomWalkCostSupplier.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad5d4216e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/CustomWalkCostSupplier.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.conveyal.r5.streets;
+
+public class CustomWalkCostSupplier implements SingleModeTraversalTimes.Supplier {
+    private final CustomCostTags tags;
+
+    public CustomWalkCostSupplier(CustomCostTags tags) {
+        this.tags = tags;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double perceivedLengthMultipler () {
+        return tags.walkFactor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int turnTimeSeconds (SingleModeTraversalTimes.TurnDirection turnDirection) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/EdgeTraversalTimes.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/EdgeTraversalTimes.java
index 07d515bdf..18d6ec0bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/EdgeTraversalTimes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/EdgeTraversalTimes.java
@@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ public int turnTimeSeconds (int fromEdge, int toEdge, StreetMode streetMode) {
 
     public void setEdgePair (int forwardEdge, Way way) {
         int backwardEdge = forwardEdge + 1;
-        LaDotCostTags forwardTags = new LaDotCostTags(way, FORWARD);
-        walkTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(forwardEdge, new LaDotWalkCostSupplier(forwardTags));
-        bikeTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(forwardEdge, new LaDotBikeCostSupplier(forwardTags));
-        LaDotCostTags backwardTags = new LaDotCostTags(way, BACKWARD);
-        walkTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(backwardEdge, new LaDotWalkCostSupplier(backwardTags));
-        bikeTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(backwardEdge, new LaDotBikeCostSupplier(backwardTags));
+        CustomCostTags tags = new CustomCostTags(way);
+        CustomWalkCostSupplier walkSupplier = new CustomWalkCostSupplier(tags);
+        CustomBikeCostSupplier bikeSupplier = new CustomBikeCostSupplier(tags);
+        walkTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(forwardEdge, walkSupplier);
+        bikeTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(forwardEdge, bikeSupplier);
+        walkTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(backwardEdge, walkSupplier);
+        bikeTraversalTimes.setOneEdge(backwardEdge, bikeSupplier);
     }
 
     public void summarize () {