[Tagging] How to tag traffic islands ?

[Dave Swarthout]

Pedestrians are seldom actually present but because of the curb they are
safe zones for crossing and off limits for vehicles. Pedestrians are pretty
much on their own here in Thailand. Even where there are zebra crossings
motorists don't stop or even slow down. Although there are many cycle lanes
here I never tag them as cycleways here because they're hazardous, often
blocked by food vendors, parked cars and on dual carriageways even
vehicular traffic going the opposite direction - better left unmarked lest
someone think they're safe.

Dave

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:02 AM, John Willis <johnw at mac.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Nov 1, 2015, at 5:10 PM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > access. I tag the enclosed area with highway=pedestrian, area=yes, and
> the way surrounding it
>
> Your road islands have people on them?
>
> They have big signs here saying "no crossing - cross at the light" with a
> fence or hedge down the center to keep people from crossing (in most
> places, esp in Tokyo), and I'm sure if there was someone walking down the
> island would be stopped by the police.
>
> The cutout for a ped crosswalk in an island (at an intersection on a major
> road) I just run the crosswalk through the hole (there is no kerb or hedge,
> just a flat crosswalk), and then a tiny island for the (raised) piece that
> was cut off sticking out into the intersection.
>
> Or were you referring to the little piece of the crosswalk that in on/in
> the island?
>
> Javbw




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Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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