[Talk-us] Signed shared roadway

[Paul Johnson]

On Sat, 2011-10-22 at 20:14 -0400, Peter Dobratz wrote:
> 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.

Idiot reminder, more like.  It was bicyclists who lobbied for paved
roads to start with in America, not motorists.  And it's the car-free
folks who pay taxes that end up subsidizing motorists, since vehicle
registration fees and gas taxes barely cover ⅕ of America's expenditures
on motorist infrastructure.  And motorists are privileged users to the
road who don't have a right to it, but a revokable pass to use the road.
People are quick to forget all of this.