[Talk-GB] New 'cycling' layer - CyclOSM

[Robert Skedgell]

The ban in England on using CCTV to enforce waiting and loading
restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes was reversed last July, which may
improve matters.

With any luck, councils may begin to realise that the still banned CCTV
parking enforcement for yellow line waiting/loading restrictions could
perhaps be circumvented by adding a mandatory lane.

On 18/01/2021 19:35, Chris Hodges wrote:
> The difference is nice in theory. Mandatory ones seem to pop up where
> there's more loading ("I'm not parked"/"only here for a minute") as well
> as being widely ignored. I wouldn't suggest even a novice routed on that
> basis - the general state of the road/traffic is much more important and
> harder to capture.
> 
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> On 18 Jan 2021, at 16:43, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk
> <mailto:forums at david-woolley.me.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     On 18/01/2021 16:11, Chris Hodges wrote:
> 
>         TBH I can't see any point indicating the difference between
>         mandatory
>         and advisory cycle lanes on a cycling map.  The difference
>         applies to
>         drivers, and with the issues over whether mandatory lanes are
> 
> 
>     The most obvious one is that advisory lanes can be full of parked cars. 
>       Theoretically, at least, there could also be moving cars in them.  A 
>     mandatory lane should only contain cycles, so should be a much better 
>     option.
> 
>     (I think it is fairly well known that mandatory lanes require traffic 
>     regulations orders, with associated public consultations, so advisory 
>     ones are used, as a sop to cyclists, without any real costs except those 
>     of the paint for the lines, and for the signs.)
>