[talk-au] Cycle tags on motorways

[Andrew Harvey]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 at 12:26, Little Maps <mapslittle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks, is there any consensus on how to tag cycling on motorway
> shoulders?
>
> In some places, the simple tag bicycle=yes (or no) is used.
>

We should explicitly tag every motorway with bicycle=yes/no because some
motorways allow bicycles and others forbid them.

In others, the left hand shoulder is tagged as a cycle lane, using
> "cycleway=lane" or "cycleway:left=lane". Others have  used
> "cycleway=shoulder".
>

In addition to the general bicycle=* access tag, where bicycles are allowed
we should tag what kind of bicycle facility is there.

On the ground, the signs I know (in Vic and S NSW) usually read, "cyclists
> use left shoulder" and "emergency lane, bicycles excepted". It's not
> explicitly called a cycle lane in Vic or NSW road guidelines, only that
> bicycle access is permitted along the road shoulder (as on any other
> non-motorway road).
>

Based on that signage I would say cycleway=shoulder is more appropriate as
indicates the shoulder is the designated place for bicycles (as opposed to
cycling in the motorway vehicle traffic lanes).

Though sometimes it's not clear. Markings like
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=382158833064847 are common with marked
bicycle crossings which make it look more like a cyclelane than a shoulder
cyclists must use.


> In my mind, there's a big difference between tags that imply, "you're
> allowed to ride on the motorway" (as on any other road) versus, "there's a
> dedicated bike lane here".
>

Yeah agreed, hence the difference between the bicycle=* access tag and the
cycling facility cyleway=*.
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