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

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 02:52 2021-11-30, Peter Elderson đã viết:
> Do the "bicycle boulevards" have tale-telling signage? Are they chains 
> of ways with clear beginning and ending and arrows or symbols or 
> identifying shields in between, or more like a quality stamp for 
> the ways, so that you can count on it being suitable for a certain kind 
> of bicycle?

And here I immediately fall back to the standard U.S. answer of "it 
depends". :-) This is a time of great experimentation about bikeways in 
the U.S. The basic idea is for a bike boulevard to be a better 
experience for getting around town on a bike. Wayfinding signs are 
considered a factor in that experience, along with safety.

NACTO, a well-respected urban planning organization, does recommend 
wayfinding signs with bikeway names as a best practice. [1] But every 
city is free to come up with its own system, since this infrastructure 
is inherently a local affair.

For example, Berkeley, California, indicates the bikeway name as fine 
print on its confirmation and destination signs. [2] It's usually just 
the name of the street you're on. Next door in Oakland, the bike 
boulevards have destination signs too, but above each destination sign 
is just a conventional "Bike Route" sign, the minimum specified by the 
MUTCD for local bike routes. [3]

The common denominator is the words "Bike Boulevard" appearing somewhere 
on signs or pavement markings, plus shared lane markings (sharrows), to 
put motorists on notice. I've yet to encounter a BEGIN or END sign for a 
bike boulevard specifically, but there are usually signs for a shared 
lane or bike lane beginning or ending.

[1] 
https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/bikeway-signing-marking/bike-route-wayfinding-signage-and-markings-system/
[2] 
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Public_Works/Transportation/Bicycle_Boulevard_Signage_System.aspx
[3] https://oaklandbpac.org/2020/08/07/nbr-implementation-guide-draft/

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minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us