Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 0.7m is the width of the path (typical handlebars plus a bit) > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Richard Mann < > > richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> You could probably calculate it for "standard" bikes by drawing a > ?0.7m > >> straight path through the barrier and then calculating the degrees > of > >> deviation from straight that requires. > > > > > > I might be missing something here. 0.7m is awful short for a > standard > > bike. Granted, my bike is on the large side for a standard bike (at > 6'2" > > (1.88m) in length, it's just 4" short of the maximum length allowed > on the > > vast majority of transit systems (6'6" or 1.98m). City of Portland > (and > > likely soon, USDOT) consider a single bicycle parking space as > minimum > > 3'x6' (though I'd really prefer it, and wouldn't be surprised, if > they > > bumped that up to 7' or 8' just to be consistent with 6'6" being a > popular > > maxlength requirement and provide for a little extra clearance given > > inconsistencies with locking strategies between riders). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
A handlebar-width opening is too narrow to walk a bicycle through. You also have to have room to turn the bicycle, since a chicane involves a series of turns. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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