A sharrow indicates a shared_lane (one of two markings in use in the US; the other being a bicycle symbol by itself with no chevrons, usually accompanied by the "share the road" advisory signs; this may be Oklahoma specific usage as Oklahoma doesn't use sharrows, however).
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Balgofil <balgo...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > in the German Forum [1] we had a discussion about cycle lanes (with a > lot of off-topic talk). In Germany there are two different kind of > bicycle lanes: > > 1. "Radfahrstreifen": cycle lanes which are mandatory indicated by a > sign and a solid lane (cycleway=lane) > > 2. "Schutzstreifen" cycle lanes with dashed lines not so wide as a > "Radfahrstreifen" and therefore only advisory and no sign (cycleway=?) > > So one solution that was pointed out in the thread is to tag the > "Schutzstreifen" with cycleway=shared_lane because of the description > in the wiki. I then pointed out, that in the UK there is a similar > situation, but no solution to it (see [2] Limitations). But I don't > know what is meant with cycleway=shared_lane. So can someone specify > what is meant by this tag? > > My solution would be to tag a "Radfahrstreifen" with cycleway=lane AND > cycleway:bicycle=designated and a "Schutzstreifen" with cycleway=lane > AND cycleway:bicycle=designated. But this will break > backward-compatibility. > > In the wiki there is also a tag for sharrows. But the description > starts with "As shared_lane, ...". Does that mean that sharrows are > tagged with cycleway=shared_lane, or is cycleway=sharrow the tag > describing the markings on the road? > > > Best regards, > > Balgofil > > > > [1] = http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=19585 > [2] = http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycleway > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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