[Talk-us] Signed shared roadway

[Peter Dobratz]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
> With "signed shared roadways" I meant those that are explicitly marked
> with a sign that says that bikes share the road. I will tag those
> 'bicycle=designated', looking at the definition for designated that
> makes sense.

If you are referring to a sign that simply says bicycles "share the
road", such as these:

http://www.trafficsign.us/share.html

Then I wouldn't tag this at all.  It is really just supposed to be a
friendly reminder that bicycles can travel on the road alongside cars.
 But bicycles can travel on most roads that cars can, so it's really
redundant information.  It's just supposed to be a reminder to drivers
that they should be courteous to those of us on bicycles, especially
since there is no explicit bicycle lane.  Around New Hampshire, they
often put up the share the road signs right after a bicycle lane ends.

Peter