[Tagging] US Speed Limits, truck routes, bike routes, access

[Anthony]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> Anthony wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The school zone ends where the next speed zone starts.
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I just checked a school zone near my house and I don't think that's
> > correct.  The 35 Mph sign comes before for the End School Zone sign.  Do
> you
> > have any source for that?
>
> Yeah, the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
> http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/HTM/2003r1/part7/fig7b-03_longdesc.htm
>

That's the 2003 edition.  The 2009 edition removes that option.  See for
example http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part7/fig7b_05_longdesc.htm

> I thought school zones were designated by statute, not by sign.  The signs
> > are just there to remind people of the statute.
>
> The signs themselves do have consistency standards at the national
> level.  Placing another speed limit sign before an "end school zone"
> sign suggests your local traffic engineer either can't read a manual
> or takes no pride in his job.
>

Yeah, whoever put that sign up there screwed up big time.  Still, for
mapping purposes we should map the actual school zone.
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