[talk-au] When is a road a cycle route?

[John Henderson]

On 02/12/12 09:10, Ben Kelley wrote:

> Where it gets more complicated is when we start to think what kind
> of marking we should expect to see on the ground before we say that
> this is a cycle route in the OSM sense. The same applies when
> deciding that some street is not really a cycle route.

I take a simplistic approach to this.  A road is a bicycle route if and
only if it has a bicycle lane (lanes if a two-way road).

Australian Road Rules:

Rule 153:

"A bicycle lane is a marked lane, or the part of a marked
lane:
   (a) beginning at a bicycle lane sign applying to the lane;
   and
   (b) ending at the nearest of the following:
     (i) an end bicycle lane sign applying to the lane;
     (ii) an intersection (unless the lane is at the unbroken
     side of the continuing road at a T–intersection or
     continued across the intersection by broken
     lines);
     (iii) if the road ends at a dead end — the end of the
     road."

Rule 247:

"The rider of a bicycle riding on a length of road with a
bicycle lane designed for bicycles travelling in the same
direction as the rider must ride in the bicycle lane unless it is
impracticable to do so."

John