On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Daniel Tremblay <tremb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 ...
Bicycle=yes means bicycles are allowed. Bicycle=designated means the road authority has put up signs marking the road as a cycle route. > > 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. Yes, it's safe if you ride properly. Most crashes happen at intersections, where speeds are lower. > 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. I don't think anyone's said a shoulder tag is a bad idea. I'd recommend using shoulder=paved on roads you know to have them; nobody's going to remove it and maybe others will start tagging the same. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
