[Talk-GB] Red Routes

[Shaun McDonald]

On 29 Jul 2009, at 16:26, Brian Prangle wrote:

> Finally decided to map red routes after avoiding it for over a year  
> (red routes are sprouting up rapidly  in South Birmingham despite  
> fierce oppostion from local traders - they're "no stopping" routes  
> which are rigidly enforced). There's not much to guide me as a  
> mapper following a quick search in the usual places - so can the  
> community offer some thoughts so we can get a consensus and a common  
> approach for those few of us  who have to contend with them? The  
> following initial offering is from our local tagging guru Andy  
> Robinson (who else?)
>
>  If  it's a red route I'd suggest red_route=yes on it since the  
> regulations
> applicable to a red route don't fit easily into any one category.  
> However
> since there aren't many places with Red Routes yet (only London [1]  
> and West
> Mids [2] in the UK?) we could have a stab with the London folks on  
> how they
> should be mapped better than this. Bus lanes could very much fall  
> into the
> thoughts as well as Urban Clearways.

Edinburgh had decided to be different and call these roads greenways.  
(I think the idea was to have a positive spin on the fact that "green"  
transport can use it rather than it being a place that you can't go by  
denoting them red.)
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/CEC/CityDevelopment/TransportandTravel/Parking/GreenwaysandBusLanes/Greenways_And_Bus_Lanes.html

Shaun

>
> These are all some sort of "restriction" so maybe that tagging  
> approach
> should be considered.
>
> For times, the start / end type tags should be good enough, though  
> it gets
> more complicated if you have to also add a tag that stats which days  
> it
> applies to and when there is more than one time period of operation  
> in a
> given day.  For example the Stratford Road  Red Route operates M-S   
> 7am-7pm
>
> [1] http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/finesandregulations/949.aspx
> [2] http://www.westmidlandsltp.gov.uk/redroutes.php?id=2493
>
> Bus Lanes are yet another headache!
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
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