[Talk-GB] Dodgy bicycle tagging, was Re: help with reverting changeset (all cycleways in a particular area deleted)

[Tom Crocker]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, 22:15 Jass Kurn, <jasskurn at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...
> In the UK official "Cyclists Dismount" signs, by themselves, are not an
> order to step off your pedal cycle and walk. So bicycle=no/dismount should
> not be used by default. You should map the information the sign is
> providing.
>
> UK blue "cyclists dismount " signs exist to inform a cyclist that for a
> short distance ahead cycling will be difficult for one of three reasons.
> The three reasons are, and can only be
> - Low Headroom
> - Width Restriction
> - Visibility Restricted to the point where cycling is unsafe
>
> Low Headroom, and width, can both be mapped. Despite being fairly
> confident about UK legislation I'm still not sure what "restricted
> visibility" would be in practice.
>

Thanks for this. Presumably in these situations bicycle=discouraged would
be appropriate though?

>
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