[OSM-newbies] Some questions on tagging for cycles

[john whelan]

The city has a cycling map which shows six different markings for
cyclists.  It's available both printed and on its web site.

Blue - NCC which is federal has park land through which it has cycle
paths, these physically are marked with signs and a yellow line down
the centre.  Cyclists must give way to pedestrians on these.

Green - City Mixed-Use pathways, these are fascinating my local park
has one path so marked on the map but there are no signs in the park
other than a more general sign restricting the use of snow mobiles and
other powered vehicles.  I have a query into the city to see if I can
get a better definition of which city pathways you are allowed to ride
your bike on.   The local cyclists aren't much help, they ride on the
sidewalk even if there is a cycle lane.  The city of Ottawa
amalgamated an number of cities and townships about five years ago and
they are still trying to sort out which by-law applies where.

Red - Conventional cycle lanes by the side of the road most of which
are unploughed in winter so unusable.  Lane markings and signed,
fairly easy to spot.

Orange - paved shoulders, usually a white line separates this from the
road same as a  cycle lane but no cycle lane sign.  These I've decided
to tag as cycle lanes paved_shoulders=yes then they can be picked out
in JOSM should we decide to change the tag.

Pink - Signed only bike routes these may or may not connect to a cycle
path or cycle lane.

Dotted pink - unsigned recommended bike routes again these may or may
not connect to a cycle path or cycle lane.

The city is moving to Opendata but the licensing needs to be amended
to make it strictly compatible with OSM.  Most Blue paths are well
mapped as are the cycle lanes.  The road network is in fairly good
shape ie where two roads meet they do so on the map as well so running
routing software should work nicely and its to assist the cycle
routing software that I'm after how to tag.

Thanks John

On 13 September 2010 11:46, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:
> On 09/11/2010 08:06 AM, john whelan wrote:
>>
>> The city also has some roads that are recommended for cyclists but not
>> signed, typically these connect roads with cycle lanes or dedicated
>> cycle paths.
>
> How do you know they are they recommended, if there’s no sign?  Does the
> city have a brochure or map or something which publicises which routes are
> recommended?
>
> I would expect they should be bicycle=designated: The way is a
> preferred/designated route ... often marked by a traffic sign.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> -Alex Mauer “hawke”
>
>
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