[OSM-talk-ie] Traffic islands / medians

Colm Moore colmmoore72 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 4 20:48:45 UTC 2015


Hi,
I'm wondering what the best way is to deal with traffic islands - the parts of roads that aren't roadway / carriageway and aren't lateral footways / footpaths. Sometimes they are unmapped, sometimes they are mapped as pedestrian areas and/or pedestrian ways .
On the road, they generally come in one of three fashions:1. No pedestrian access / no meaningful pedestrian use, e.g. Dorset Street Lower in Dublin, where  there are trees every 10 meters that block the way. Not mapped, other than as two separate roadways. Should these be mapped at all?
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3599777,-6.261141,3a,75y,44.35h,85.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D0YTaJATDMDakjhiLjRa__w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D219.34166%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
2. Those where pedestrian access is an important part of their use, e.g. at the central median on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin. Mapped as pedestrian area linked to pedestrian ways at the south end, but not the north end, effectively making it a cul de sac. I'm not sure how route planners treat areas.
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3470972,-6.2591266,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D7ed2ZerYJnbZnrW-0cHENQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D94.366425%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
3. Traffic islands at signaled junctions generally, e.g. at the junction of O'Connell Bridge / D'Olier Street / Westmoreland Street. Mapped as pedestrian areas and pedestrian ways.
Thank you
Colm

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