[talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

[Ian Sergeant]

Well, for NSW at least there are some guidelines for what constitutes
a cycleway..

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/documents/technical-manuals/nswbicyclev12aa_i.pdf

In other states, that permit cycling on footpaths, it also makes sense
to distinguish what is a footpath on which you are permitted to cycle,
from a shared path.

So, its not just a cultural habit.  It's a tagging style that conveys
the nature of the facility.

Thinking of Botany Bay Council in particular, here.  highway=footway,
bicycle=designated, width=.7

Ian.

On 3 April 2016 at 13:01, Sam Russell <g.samuelrussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/09/2015 1:35 PM, Chris wrote:
>> Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and
>> bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives.
>>
>> In NSW, shared paths fall into two broad categories:
>
> You're confusing highway= and bicycle=yes / bicycle=designated which relate
> to render hinting and the lawful uses with the physical infrastructure.
>
>
> bicycle=yes can be on stairs.  dirt.  It is a lawful right to use, ie: the
> road related area extended from or towards a Shared Use Path sign, Sep Path
> sign, Cycleway sign (bicycle only), council reserve / park non-road related
> area (IANAL on that one) etc.
>
>> (1) Sidewalk footpaths that have been designated as shared paths. In
>
> Tag the material features and let routing software figure it out
>
> width=0.6 or width=0.8 or width=1 or width=1.2
>
> smoothness=excellent; good; intermediate; bad
>
> surface=concrete etc.
>
> maxspeed=50 ; 40 ; 10
>
> maxspeed:advisory=10
>
> maxspeed:practical=5;10;15
>
> incline=up;down;15%;etc
>
> traffic_calming=bollard;chicane
>
> steps=yes
>
> ramp:bicycle=no
>
>
> I've noticed that people have a cultural habit of tagging highway=footway
> for paths narrower than 1.5m constructed as footpaths and later designated,
> whereas paths >=1.5m regardless tend to stay as highway=cycleway when
> tagged.
>
>
> thanks,
> Sam.
>
>
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