[Talk-GB] Parallel or Tiger Crossings

[Dave F]

My understanding, from a decade ago so it maybe hazy, was the RotW 
didn't really comprehend the quaint British naming conventions so 
crossing_ref was conceived in which to place in the database & use 
crossing=* as the main description so everybody could understand. So 
crossing_ref=tiger is valid.

Think of it as being similar to the local_ref tag with 'local' being 
Britain.

Again vague, but I was informed by my LA it was, until recently, these 
tiger crossings weren't able to be specified outside London on public 
highways. Hopefully, if they stand firm on their manifesto promises, 
Bath should be acquiring it's first brace of them up at the university.

DaveF



 Â On 08/07/2021 20:36, Thomas Jarvis wrote:
> 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
>
> -- 
> *_T_*homas *_J_*
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