[Talk-us] Bicycle facility tags (Class III "bike route")

[Alan McConchie]

For these "class III" bike routes, I have just been tagging them with  
lcn=yes and lcn_ref=## if the route has a name or number.  Even if  
they're not part of any cycle network, they're at least officially  
condoned by the local authorities (if they've got green bike signs) so  
I figure that is sufficient for the lcn tag.  The lcn tag alone will  
also get rendered on the OSM cycle map.

And regarding getting cycle map tiles rendered, just ask the  
maintainer Andy Allan (CC'ed in this email) and he will start  
rendering any area you are tagging.  Check out Washington D.C. or the  
major Canadian cities (Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver) for good North  
American examples that are already getting rendered.

Alan


On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Alan Brown wrote:

> I've been working on something similar for San Jose ... I've been  
> working on the seperate cycle tracks, but I'll eventually get to the  
> roads.
>
> Are there any server set up there rendering North American (or, at  
> least, Bay Area) tiles similar to the OSM cycle map?
>
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/
>
> I'd also be curious - does mapnik have the ability to render  
> partially transparent PNGS, to use as an overlay?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: will law <williumbillium at gmail.com>
> To: Karl Newman <siliconfiend at gmail.com>
> Cc: talk-us at openstreetmap.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:08:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Bicycle facility tags (Class III "bike route")
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Karl Newman  
> <siliconfiend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM, mike.onines at juno.com <mike.onines at juno.com 
> > wrote:
> Class I is the separated bike path, with a physical separation  
> between the bicycle path and vehicle traffic, or on a route which  
> other vehicle traffic doesn't follwo.  This one is easy, you trace  
> in the path, and make it highway=cycleway; cycleway=track.  It's  
> just the same as drawing in separate roads for divided roads.
>
> Class II is the bike lane with its own lane markings, but it is  
> immediately adjacent the vehicle lanes.  This also seems to be  
> pretty clear: just add a cycleway=lane tag to the road it is part  
> of, right?
>
> Class III is a "shared use" facility with the cars, it just has the  
> green "bicycle route" signs occasionally.  Hopefully it has a wide  
> outside lane, but not always.  How do you put this one in?  do you  
> add a bicycle=designated tag to the road, or what?
>
> I have been classifying Class I & II cycleways in San Francisco  
> using the above method.  I haven't got on to the Class III type but  
> bicycle=designated seems appropriate to me.
>
> I think your suggestions line up with how I would tag it, too. I'm  
> curious where you heard about the Class I, II, III designations,  
> though. I'm a California native and occasional bike rider and I've  
> never heard of these.
>
> Karl
>
> Here's the detail on their classification in California.  I'm not  
> sure if the same is used elsewhere in the US though:
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=shc&group=00001-01000&file=890-894.2
>
> Will
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