Daniel cycleway=shoulder looks like a good idea for those countries that routinely have a wide shoulder on country roads (I've seen them in Ireland; they aren't common in the UK)
on urban roads (maybe even rural roads with centre lines), you could do cycleway=tight/critical/spacious, following the Dutch guidance on the width required for reasonably comfortable cycling in the absence of cycle lanes/tracks (tight is about 6m, spacious 8m+). But it also depends on parking and the number of lanes of traffic, so you might not find it very practical traffic=low/medium/high isn't really specific enough - too subjective but rendering, you will probably have to do yourself (I recommend Maperitive...) Richard On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:56 PM, fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 29.07.2010 14:38, schrieb Daniel Tremblay: >> My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road >> that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN). I saw the tag "rtc_rate" but >> not find it very intuitive. > > We need this kind of tags also for cycleways. I know many areas where the > international cycleway is using a quite heavy loaded street with only a > cyclelane next to it, where the parallel street is a nice calm street. > > I think one tag is not enough or you have to be specific. > > If I am in a hurry with a race-bicycle, I would take the bigger roads with > cycle-lanes but if I cycle with a 7 year old child I would prefer the low > traffic road even if there is no cycleway at all. > >> My first thought was to document a little more some road by adding a >> shoulder tag (yes, no) and a traffic indicator tag (low, moderate, >> high). Both responders confirmed that those tags does not exist. For >> my cycling need, I would personnaly not go on a highway=secondary with >> no shoulder and moderate to high traffic ... But, even with high >> traffic, I might use that road if there is shoulder ... And, even >> without shoulder, I might go there if the traffic indicator is low. > > +1 > This is one way to add more useful information to a road. But we need at least > shoulder:surface, too > > Cheers colliar > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
