[Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Bicycle boulevards

[Martin Simon]

2009/6/10 Mario Salvini <salvini at t-online.de>:

>>
>> there are some main differences though: usually they are normal
>> streets changed in designation. That is cars are allowed but don't
>> have the priority and must drive very slowly, they have
>> pavements/sidewalks, they are wide like streets, the give priority to
>> bicycles on crossings, etc. all of which is not the case for
>> cycleways.
>>
>> Martin
>>
> yes, it's all about designation. "normal roads" are designated for
> motor_vehicles. But these roads are only designated for bicycles.
> That's why it's highway=cycleway + motor_vehicle=yes (instead of an
> implied motor_vehicle=designated for "normal roads".

"Normal roads" do not have any special designation _by default_ -
where did you read that?
These cycleroads *are* "normal roads", just with a special traffic rule applied.
They do not have much in common with ordinary cycleways.

-Martin