<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives.</div><div><br></div>In <span class="" id=":5w2.1" tabindex="-1">NSW</span>, shared paths fall into two broad categories:<div><br></div><div>(1) Sidewalk footpaths that have been designated as shared paths. In urban areas these often have poor continuity and high friction (i.e., high pedestrian volumes, lots of street furniture or other obstructions, inadequate width, abutting property entrances), e.g., the Victoria Road shared path in Rozelle (http://<span class="" id=":5w2.2" tabindex="-1">bikesydney</span>.org/new10/<span class="" id=":5w2.3" tabindex="-1">wp</span>-content/uploads/2011/01/<span class="" id=":5w2.4" tabindex="-1">BIKESydney</span>_representation_of_City_West_Link_Cy-6.<span class="" id=":5w2.5" tabindex="-1">jpg</span>).</div><div><br></div><div>2) Purpose-built shared paths with good continuity, generous width and minimal friction, e.g., M7 shared path (<a href="http://www.westlinkm7.com">http://www.westlinkm7.com</a>.<span class="" id=":5w2.6" tabindex="-1">au</span>/<span class="" id=":5w2.7" tabindex="-1">cmsAdmin</span>/uploads/WestlinkM70210.<span class="" id=":5w2.8" tabindex="-1">jpg</span>).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">These two types of shared path offer quite different levels of utility/comfort/speed to bicycle riders.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, following the Australian Tagging Guidelines, these should be tagged in exactly the same way (<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">highway=cycleway, foot=designated). So how can a bicycle routing algorithm take into account the differing levels of utility/generalised cost?</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">In the US, I understand that (1) would be tagged highway=<span class="" id=":5w2.9" tabindex="-1">footway</span>,bicycle=yes, while (2) would be tagged </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">highway=cycleway, foot=designated, making it possible to distinguish between them.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px">Chris <span class="" id=":5w2.10" tabindex="-1">Standen</span></span></div></div>