[Talk-GB] Tagging "Shared space" roads (Preston City Centre)

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Sun Oct 1 22:17:36 UTC 2017


And here's a road that wants to be a shared space but isn't there yet...

https://www.facebook.com/NHnieuws/videos/1627424217288914/ 

The goal of reducing the traffic speed has been achieved, apparently. 

On 2017-10-01 20:16, Richard Mann wrote:

> The classic shared space scheme in Haren: 
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.17312/6.60310 
> 
> has no tags that I can see. 
> 
> I'd go for something like shared_space=yes for the moment. It's a "special" type of traffic calming. 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> Just like in the UK, the councils here make it up as they go along; a "shared space" has no special legal status, unlike a "woonerf". 
> 
> A general principle which has proved its worth is that to make things safer, you remove the safety features. Like white lines and kerbs. Everyone moans a bit, but in the mean time you slow down and watch out just that little bit more... Hence shared spaces, an apparent free-for-all that works well.
> 
> On 2017-10-01 18:57, Andy Townsend wrote: 
> Not an answer, but a suggestion where there might be a bit more info...
> 
> The Netherlands forum https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=12 [1] might be worth a read, since the shared space concept was pioneered there; https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=54843 [2] is directly about "shared_space" but a search for "woonerf" (aka "home zone") gets a whole bunch more hits.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Andy
> 
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