For me, bicycle=yes means that it is safe for bicycle or that bicycle is officialy allowed on that road. Maybe I could apply the tag for the "sharrow" definition given in the discussion. Maybe it is the best way to do it without creating new tags or tag values. Bicycle=yes on marked sharrow roads might do the job ...
But I would not tag unmarked road with bicycle=yes because it become suggestive. Is a 90km/h primary road safe bikeable? It there are shoulders, I might go on the road, even if there are no marks at all. But, I would not bring my kids on that (shoulder or not). So, it could be a bicycle=yes for me, but I would be misleading for many cyclists. I may go on a tiertiary road (low traffic) with no shoulder, even if there are no cycling marks. Then again, some cyclists might be uncomfortable on such road. So, bicycle=yes for me, but misleading for many. Yes, I can bike on normal lane and I do it. I don't like however to find myself on a 90km/h road with no shoulders. This is the kind of situation I would like to avoid when preparing my trip. This is why the shoulder indicator would be usefull IMO. Thanks for your input. Quote from Nathan's answer > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Daniel Tremblay <tremb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Back to the primary objective of my suggestion: when I am preparing a > > cycling ride on unknown-to-me roads that are not marked as cycleways, I > > would like to know if those are bike-able: > The tag for this is bicycle=yes/no. > > > it is paved or not (already there), > Yes, this is good to know too. > > > maxspeed (already there), > Unless it's lower than normal cycling speed this has nothing to do with > cycling. > > > is there a shoulder or not (not there), > You can ride in the normal traffic lane, you know... > > Daniel Mon blog: http:\\daniel.art.over-blog.com Facebook: http://fr.facebook.com/people/Daniel_Tremblay/1323011538
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