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

[Steve Bennett]

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Ian Sergeant <inas66+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Generally the case, but not always.  My bicycle sign on Parramatta road
> being my best example so I'm sticking with it.  A cycle route down a narrow
> three lane road, carrying trucks who'd soon as take you out as look at
> you....
>


> Well, I guess I'm focussed on being alive when I get to B.
>
>
These use cases are handled by routing software making good use of data
such as cycleway=lane. Using the lcn/rcn tagging system to mark
safety/suitability is simply incorrect. In your example, there's a signed
bicycle route - so we map it. To do otherwise would be like not mapping a
car park because we don't think people should park there, or not mapping a
school because we don't think it's a good one.

Steve
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