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

[Jon Pennycook]

I would just stick with tagging as per the sign - if it says Dismount, tag
it bicycle=dismount. The router should then take the decision what to do.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022, 22:53 Tom Crocker, <tomcrockermail at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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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