[Talk-GB] Parallel or Tiger Crossings

[Thomas Jarvis]

Hi all,

In the past few years a type of uncontrolled pedestrian crossing has become
common in the UK. These are a variation of a Zebra crossing, however have a
dedicated cycle crossing adjacent to it. This means that both pedestrians
and cyclists crossing the road have priority over traffic on the
main carriageway.

In trials over 10 years ago these were called Tiger Crossings (as yellow
stripes were used in trials), however since they have become a prescribed
crossing type, they are always referred to as "parallel crossings", both in
law and design. However they are still tagged as "crossing_ref=tiger",
which is clearly incorrect terminology.
A quick search showed there are currently 215 of these mapped in the UK,
mostly in London.
Outside of the UK there are 1,591 cases, mainly in Germany, Italy & Japan.

Would it be possible/what process would need to be taken for all of these
crossings (in the UK) to be batch changed to "parallel" from "tiger", and
the JOSM preset would also need to be updated to include "parallel" as a
crossing type.

Any thoughts on this, or how I can get this change to happen.

Kind Regards,
Thomas

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*T*homas *J*
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