[Tagging] cyclist profiles - was:Feature Proposal - RFC - value 'basic_network' - cycle_network?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mo., 6. Dez. 2021 um 10:01 Uhr schrieb stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com
>:

> If true, what Martin says here seriously dilutes (in my mind) whatever it
> is that these signs denote.  Do the signs denote “roads which are suitable”
> (by pointing “away” from them)?  (For bicyclists and hikers?). Do they
> denote roads which are MORE suitable?  (By pointing “towards” them?). Is it
> really true that roads which are NOT so denoted are “LESS suitable” or “NOT
> suitable?”  (For bicyclists and hikers).  Or not?
>
> “Around here” (in my state and country), I have the right to demand an
> answer put directly to the (government, organization…) which erected a sign
> on a public roadway, to the question “What, exactly, does this sign mean?”
> And, "who put up these signs?"  And "what is it that THEY claim these signs
> actually mean?"  Is this written down anywhere?  (In my country, we have
> MUTCD, the “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.”  If your sign isn’t
> in that Manual, it is de facto a “non-standard” sign).  These signs in
> Germany either ARE or ARE NOT in compliance with Germany’s “signage
> standards,” whatever those are.  If they ARE in compliance, there is a
> concrete definition of exactly what it is they denote.  If possible /
> available, I’d like to read that here, please.




these "signs" are actually guideposts. There is no legal implication like
"this is a way you may ride a bicycle on", the signs tell you that the
administration suggests that you take this way by bicycle if you want to go
to x, and that it is n kilometers away. It can be read as a kind of
endorsement, but it doesn't mean other ways (alternatives) are less
suitable to reach the same destination.
They might be put on cycleways, but (in some German areas I am aware of)
more commonly they lead over (typically paved) tracks (agricultural traffic
permitted, other motorvehicles banned). They may also have parts on regular
roads (typically low traffic residential roads).

Cheers,
Martin
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