[Tagging] Shoulder and traffic indicator tags

[Richard Mann]

Daniel

cycleway=shoulder looks like a good idea for those countries that
routinely have a wide shoulder on country roads (I've seen them in
Ireland; they aren't common in the UK)

on urban roads (maybe even rural roads with centre lines), you could
do cycleway=tight/critical/spacious, following the Dutch guidance on
the width required for reasonably comfortable cycling in the absence
of cycle lanes/tracks (tight is about 6m, spacious 8m+). But it also
depends on parking and the number of lanes of traffic, so you might
not find it very practical

traffic=low/medium/high isn't really specific enough - too subjective

but rendering, you will probably have to do yourself (I recommend Maperitive...)

Richard



On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:56 PM, fly <lowflight66 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 29.07.2010 14:38, schrieb Daniel Tremblay:
>> My need is to give cyclists more info when preparing their rides on road
>> that are not cycleway (nor NCN, RCN, LCN).  I saw the tag "rtc_rate" but
>> not find it very intuitive.
>
> We need this kind of tags also for cycleways. I know many areas where the
> international cycleway is using a quite heavy loaded street with only a
> cyclelane next to it, where the parallel street is a nice calm street.
>
> I think one tag is not enough or you have to be specific.
>
> If I am in a hurry with a race-bicycle, I would take the bigger roads with
> cycle-lanes but if I cycle with a 7 year old child I would prefer the low
> traffic road even if there is no cycleway at all.
>
>> My first thought was to document a little more some road by adding a
>> shoulder tag (yes, no) and a traffic indicator tag (low, moderate,
>> high).  Both responders confirmed that those tags does not exist.  For
>> my cycling need, I would personnaly not go on a highway=secondary with
>> no shoulder and moderate to high traffic ...  But, even with high
>> traffic, I might use that road if there is shoulder ...  And, even
>> without shoulder, I might go there if the traffic indicator is low.
>
> +1
> This is one way to add more useful information to a road. But we need at least
> shoulder:surface, too
>
> Cheers colliar
>
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