[talk-au] Sydney cycle routes

[Ben Kelley]

Hi.

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Ian Sergeant <isergean at hih.com.au> wrote:

>
> As I mentioned before to Franc, a blue sign does not a cycle route make.


True.

I don't believe there has ever been a RTA, or Sydney wide numbering system
> for cycle routes.


I did some digging today and came up with a couple of things.

Firstly, as you point out, there are some maps on the RTA web site, although
their usefulness varies.

Secondly, it seems that Sydney City council is doing something about cycle
routes. I found this link:

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/documents/ParkingAndTransport/Cycling/CycleStrategyAndActionPlan2007-2017.pdf

If you read through that they do list some "routes" as such, with numbers.

Thirdly, it seems that the NSW RTA do in fact have state wide cycle routes.
I found a document at work today that lists some of them. Sadly I did not
keep the URL!

I propose that where local councils list route numbers on signage (or in
some publication that people might have seen) that these be listed as
lcn=yes and lcn_ref=*routeID*. e.g. The signs that Marrickville Council
list, or the ones that Sydney City propose.

For any state-wide routes (e.g. the ones the RTA propose) that these be
listed as rcn=yes and rcn_ref=*routeID*.

(Taking some lead from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Cycle_routes)


> It would, but we need to be careful, and have objective standards.  OSM
> cannot be bikely.com.  On bikely.com just about every road in Sydney forms
> part of somebody's cycle route.


This is true, and yet where cycle information is available in OSM it tends
to be very good, and because it is easy to edit, more up-to-date. In areas
where the International Cycle Map has good detail (not Australia ... yet) it
is very useful. e.g. Amsterdam
http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/?zoom=11&lat=6868967.36892&lon=545511.20427&layers=B00

- Ben.
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