[Talk-GB] Some newbie questions

[Jon Burgess]

On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 09:36 +0000, Keith Sharp wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 21:44 +0000, Keith Sharp wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 08:23 +0000, John McKerrell wrote:
> > > > 2) How should I mark up a fire path?  A fire path is where a road is
> > > > blocked to non-emergency service traffic, often using raised kerbs
> > > and
> > > > no entry signs.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > What is it used for generally, could it be a considered a  
> > > pedestrianised road with access permissions for emergency vehicles?  
> > > I'm not completely sure on this one but I'm sure others will have  
> > > more ideas. 
> > 
> > In Glasgow fire paths are used to block the ends of residential streets
> > to stop them becoming over used short cuts.  The idea is that sufficient
> > obstacles are placed in the road (along with signage) so that only fire
> > engines can pass.  In reality most cars are prevented from passing (I've
> > seen a BMW lose its exhaust on a fire path) but vans and lorries still
> > sometimes bounce across the kerb stones.  Effectively the road is closed
> > to all except for pedestrians, bicycles, and fire engines.
> > 
> > If this hasn't cleared things up let me know and I'll take some photos
> > of the one outside my window.
> 
> Photo here:
> 
> 	http://www.passback.co.uk/tmp/firepath.jpg
> 
> Keith.
> 
> 

I came across a similar situation with a road which had been blocked off
in the middle. 

http://www.jburgess.uklinux.net/no-through-road.jpg

On the map I split the road and inserted a short section of
highway=footway 

I don't know if this is the most appropriate solution but it does at
least make it show up on the map with a split in the road and any route
planning software should know that cars can not travel down the length
of the road.

	Jon