[talk-au] Cycleway/footway/path

[Evan Sebire]

G'day,
I'm not saying don't use cycleway, but instead use it only for these exclusive 
paths.
Just choosing a specific tag because of the way it renders on the main map is 
not a good idea, this is why a variety of maps are appearing to please 
specific groups and will improve with time.
Sorting out the rendering is another issue, first I think the data should be 
consistent, and the guidelines unbiased.

>It seems that the status quo is "What do you think the primary purpose is?"
I think this logic is slowly changing, because it's much more useful if 
someone knows they can/cannot use a path because they are on foot/bike/horse.
If we continue to tag shared paths as cycleway it is much less useful than 
knowing all the properties of a path.

The best solution I think would be to use the path tag and then a bike map 
could look for the cycle=yes tag and display it in green like the 
http://www.informationfreeway.org map already does.
Deciding a paths primary use is problematic and it would be better to describe 
it purpose.  The best example here is the rail-trails, on Sundays you see 
maybe 50% or more of traffic being cyclist but on weekdays it could be less 
then 10%.  This obviously varies greatly depending on regions but is just an 
observation from the trails I know.

If the guidelines are unbiased we will attract many more interest groups to 
this great project, each having the option to display the map the way they see 
correct.


Evan


On Friday 07 Aug 2009 12:41:52 Liz wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Ben Kelley wrote:
> > I think I know of only one exclusive cycleway.
>
> I can think of several
> the western side of the big coathanger
>
> There's a big one in Adelaide the Veloway
>
>
> and maybe a few in Canberra
>
> I foud by googling
> one on King street Sydney
> http://cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/ParkingAndTransport/cycling/Cycl
>ingInfrastructure.asp
>
>
> but the best offer comes from TAssie
> http://www.biketas.org.au/2001/SPOKE-2001-04.pdf
> Hobart CITY COUNCIL PLANS
> TRANSGLIDE 2000 ALONG
> INTERCITY CYCLEWAY.
>
>
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